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In the midst of digging for minerals, a mining company’s biggest lender pulled out and filed for bankruptcy. The mining company, which was publicly traded, had to sell all of its assets and go out of business. We were asked to make sense of this. An investor sensed a...

Affinity frauds and recovering from the scam  Picture this. You’re at a mixer for one of your business associations. The leader of the group, someone you truly respect, begins waxing poetic about a specific investment they’ve made, suggesting that you invest as well....

Over this past year we handled cases leading us to find a Ferrari, successfully defend clients accused of murder and untangle financial scams. Our cases ranged from background due diligence investigations into executives and developing sources inside organizations to...

Investor Beware: How to Spot a Pump and Dump Scam This securities con, by its purest definition, happens when a group of executive officers or investors inflates the value of a publicly traded company’s stock, only to sell when the price hits the ceiling. Once the...

Embezzlement within an organization: Determining if theft is taking place Over four years, a Sacramento Kings executive funneled more than $13 million in team sponsorship money into a shell company, using the funds to buy prime California real estate. After finally...

Vetting your donor Protect your organization's reputation by shining a light on your funding source A massive ripple swept across the art community this year. Famous for donating extraordinary amounts of money to museums, hospitals, and even universities, a wealthy...

Vetting a charitable organization Making sure major gifts don’t put your company’s reputation at risk. When Help Hospitalized Veterans raised $168 million over three years, the organization’s donors believed their money would assist people returning from the Iraq War....

Waterfront Intelligence expands to offer international capabilities through network of global affiliates Started in 2017 as a national investigations firm, Waterfront Intelligence can now handle cases in more than 45 countries around the world through a network of...

Megadeals ruled 2018, and most analysts see more of the same ahead—with some important caveats. We’ve reviewed forecasts for 2019 M&A deal activity, and the outlook is generally positive. But as many reports point out, a deal is only as good as the due diligence...