Produce Company’s Owner Accused of Hiding Assets and Swindling Strawberry Company out of Millions
Last week, Curtis Harold DeBerry, owner of the Texas-based Progreso Produce Company, was arrested and accused of cheating investors, business partners and banks out of millions of dollars over the past few years. He now faces up to…
Europe’s Right to be Forgotten: Full Employment for Investigators
If anyone wondered what the practical side of Europe’s new Right to be Forgotten would turn out to be, here it is: In less than a month since a court in the E.U. decided Google links were substantial information and could be scrubbed…
The E.U. Google Decision: Big Brother Gets to Play Favorites
The on-line world is abuzz today with news from Europe’s highest court that Google will have to start removing links to certain information that some judge or bureaucrat decides is irrelevant. Even if it’s true and lawfully posted,…
TelexFree and the Need for Investor Due Diligence
“TelexFree is already creating MILLIONAIRES and now is YOUR turn.” So read the now defunct website of TelexFree Inc., which U.S. officials ordered to be taken down earlier this month. Massachusetts company TelexFree Inc.…
We Told You So: Illegal Bank Records Update
Lo and behold, not four days after we wrote our last post on the illegality of obtaining bank records, a postcard appeared in our mailbox promising “statewide bank searches” for under $300. I was intrigued. I thought,…
Why Bank Records Are Usually Off Limits to Investigators
Each week we receive calls from people, many of them attorneys, asking us if we can obtain bank records as part of our asset searching. The short answer is, though we probably can obtain the records, we absolutely will not. Obtaining…
U.S. Authorities Target Cayman Islands in Money Laundering Sting
According to the Wall Street Journal’s Marketwatch, last month, three wealth managers, Eric St-Cyr, Joshua VanDyk and Patrick Poulin were arrested in Miami and charged with money laundering and conspiracy to launder money on behalf of…
When You’re Allowed to Look Through Your Debtor’s Computers and Phones
PROBLEM:
You want to know what your debtor is hiding from you but you’re not sure if it’s okay for you to secretly look through your debtor’s phones and computers.
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SOLUTION:
Although privacy laws vary state by state, as…
South Korean Authorities Search for Property Mogul’s Hidden Assets
In news from South Korea, prosecutors and tax authorities have started to uncover hidden assets held by Huh Jae-ho, former chairman of the now-bankrupt Daeju property empire, in an effort to levy the large fine he owes to the country. …
Good Investigation Takes Time But There’s No Complex Formula
In case you thought the background check system relied on by the federal government was pretty much OK despite Edward Snowden’s passing grade, think again. According to the Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general, complaints…
