Tag Archive for: Divorce
Scottish Boxing Promoter’s Mortgage Fraud Revealed in Divorce Documents
Scottish boxing promoter and former lightweight boxer Barry Hughes recently pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and is now facing some lengthy jail time. Between 2004 and 2006, Hughes reported his wife’s income on two mortgage applications…
Divorce Lawyer Jailed for Using Shady Investigator
San Francisco area divorce attorney Mary Nolan was sentenced last week to two years in federal prison on multiple felony charges, including illegal wiretapping and tax evasion. Her crimes included hiring private investigator Christopher Butler…
Wynonna Judd Places GPS Tracker on Sister Ashley’s Car
We often blog here about how to find assets using public records and interviews. Sometimes we get more unorthodox requests from clients to help them find assets or just plain figure out the facts. For instance, a recent story that came out…
Finding Hidden Foreign Property
PROBLEM:
The debtor, whose family lives in Brazil, claims to have no foreign investments. He mentioned years ago that his family had some rental properties in Sao Palo, but you have never seen them, and you don’t know exactly where they…
Finding Litigation Awards and Settlement Proceeds
PROBLEM:
For years, you have heard your debtor complain about a lawsuit between him and his former business partner. You suspect that the case is nearing a close, and that the debtor may receive a sizeable payout. The debtor…
Uncovering Secret Getaways
PROBLEM:
Your former spouse disappears for weeks on end, telling you that she’s been travelling for business. You suspect that she is really dissipating marital assets by jetting off to Paris or Napa, her favorite spots for a romantic…
Lupe’s Fiasco: Drug Kingpin’s Wife Accuses Rapper of Hiding Money
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…
Sealed Court Documents During Due Diligence
Over the past few days we’ve dealt with two cases where our clients were deeply invested in the question of whether or not the contents of sealed court documents could be made public. And our answer to both of them was the same: If someone…
Thinking Outside the [Shoe] Box: The Shaks, Collections and Divorce Asset Searches
The media seems to be having a good chuckle over the recent legal tiff between hedge fund manager Daniel Shak and his ex-wife, professional poker player Beth Shak. The couple divorced about three years ago, but Daniel is requesting that the…
Tracking Down Spouse’s Hidden Money: Don’t Count on Taking Shortcuts
Whether one spouse hides money from the other during a portion of their marriage (and the Wall Street Journal reported this week in Veronica Dagher's article, "Hiding Money From Your Spouse Has Gotten a Lot Harder," that 58% of spouses say they…
