Gossip sites were all abuzz last week with news of rapper Lupe Fiasco’s legal battle with Inita Patton, the estranged wife of convicted drug kingpin and Fiasco’s mentor, Charles Patton. The court filings have yet to be released to the public, but reports say that as part of her divorce action against Patton, Inita sued […]
We recently read that one of the jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial had both tweeted at a famed criminal defense attorney and posted a comment about Arias having “Latina blood” on her Facebook page after the jury had convicted Arias but before it had sentenced her. Stories like this one really highlight the […]
PROBLEM: Your debtor has loved the Aston Martin DB5 ever since James Bond drove it across the silver screen in 1964. He has wanted one for years, and you suspect that he finally took the plunge and bought one the minute you moved out of the house. SOLUTIONS: As we have explained in previous […]
PROBLEM: To make it seem like he has very little money, the debtor has been writing checks and giving cash to his friends, family and other people/businesses with the intention of recovering this money after you get divorced. [light] SOLUTIONS: If you have access to your debtor’s bank records, they will be crucial in helping […]
Teresa and Joe Giudice, stars of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, are leading a double life these days, running back and forth between arraignments and media appearances. Last week, the couple pleaded not guilty to 39 counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail and wire fraud, and tax fraud. The Giudices allegedly inflated their income when […]
PROBLEM: Your debtor is a fairly accomplished author and you’re pretty sure that he periodically receives royalties on some of his works, even though he tells you that he doesn’t earn any royalty income. [light] SOLUTION: As is often the case, your debtor’s tax returns are a great place to find evidence of an asset. […]
PROBLEM: Your debtor tells you that everything she earned while she was married is reflected in her tax returns, but you remember her asking your advice on whether she should accept stock options instead of a raise a few years back. You can see from her tax returns that she did not get a raise […]
PROBLEM: You think the debtor may have recently inherited money, but he never mentioned the inheritance to you. You think he may be hiding it. [light] SOLUTIONS: Depending on the state you live in and how the debtor handled the inheritance, you may not ultimately be entitled to your debtor’s inheritance under the law. But […]
PROBLEM: As part of a divorce settlement, the debtor offers you shares he owns in a private company, but he refuses to turn over the company’s financial information. Because the company is private, the value of its shares is not public information. You would like to determine how well the company is doing before you […]
What can facts can investigators gather without violating a person’s privacy? The answer we like to give is: whatever the law allows us to gather, but that doesn’t fully answer the question. For one thing, privacy means very different things to different societies. Criminal records are public records in the U.S. and Canada, for instance. […]
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