Tag Archive for: asset searches
What to Expect from a Divorce Asset Search
At some point with nearly every asset search our firm conducts, we end up telling clients that finding assets is often more than a one-step process.
The one step some people think we need to take is to consult some databases, and voila! A…
Way After Madoff Ponzi Schemes Are Still With Us: How to Avoid Them
Nearly ten years on since the arrest of master Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, the Ponzi fraudsters are still with us. Maybe not with as much money as Madoff’s billions, but powerful enough to do a lot of damage.
Being devoted to finding assets,…
How to Read Email Headers: Where Did That Email Come From?
Just as it’s nice to know what number someone is using when they call you, wouldn’t it be useful to see where someone was when they sent an email? That information is often contained in the “fine print” of an email known as the “header.”
In…
“Offshore” Assets Here at Home
We’ve written plenty about why it makes sense to do an onshore search within the U.S. when you’re looking for offshore assets. See for instance our Offshore Assets Playbook and here.
What comes as news to many clients is how secretive people…
How Many Divorcing Men Hide Assets? Maybe the Majority
For women wondering whether their ex-husband (or soon-to-be ex) is hiding assets on them, rest assured that you are not alone.
According to a new white paper put out by Francis Financial, a wealth-management firm that specializes in advising…
Divorce and Your Money Podcast: My Interview
I was interviewed at length today for the #1 podcast on divorce planning, Divorce and Your Money. Among the detailed points covered:
How asset searches work.
How we take information from our clients.
How investigation compliments legal…
GPS Trackers: Powerful but Often Illegal
GPS trackers are among the hottest topics in ethics discussions today. At least, that is my impression after a series of ethics lectures I’ve given around the country based on my book, The Art of Fact Investigation.
We wrote three years…
Computers Come Up Short on Mapping Reality
A story in today’s Wall Street Journal about “Why the Virtual Reality Hype is About to Come Crashing Down” makes the simple point that computers haven’t caught up to all the permutations of real life to make a “virtual reality” headset…
Thinking About Prenups if Apple Wins
The debate so far over whether Apple should help the U.S. government execute a warrant to see what is on one of its phones has focused on the information of a dead terrorist and the prospective data breach (according to Apple) of millions of…
Hawala: Red Flags for Detecting the World’s Oldest Form of Money Laundering
We write (and tell our clients) consistently about how difficult it is to obtain the bank account information of litigation opponents without first getting a court order. There are people out there who will charge you to trick banks into…
