Tag Archive for: hidden assets
The Offshore Asset Search Starter Kit
This blog has been pretty clear over the years that an offshore asset search is not for the faint of heart or anyone on a tight budget.
We have recommended that even if you think there are assets outside the U.S., you could get a better idea…
Using Forensic Accountants in Divorce Searches: Don’t Forget the Investigator Piece
One of the most frequently-asked questions new divorce-related clients ask us is: “If I need a forensic accountant can you do that?”
The answer we give is that we are not forensic accountants, but you probably need us anyway because forensic…
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,…
The Missing Piece in an Asset Search
Clients who hire us for asset searches always want to know what we find. As often as not, the big news after an asset search is when we don’t find something we should be seeing but are not.
When someone is concealing the truth, they often…
The Right Questions in Discovery
Finding assets can be satisfying work, but frustration sometimes comes in realizing that a client’s lawyers haven’t been asking the right questions in their depositions.
We have written repeatedly that getting bank account information…
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…
Bitcoin: Add Cryptocurrencies to the List of Assets to Search
It may all come crashing down, but if it doesn’t the cryptocurrency market is your newest headache in trying to find hidden assets.
Long written off by many as a joke, cryptocurrencies are still dismissed by many as a bubble waiting to burst.…
Follow Him! Why Surveillance Isn’t Always the Best Option
It’s often the first idea people have when they want to know what their spouse is up to.: Surveillance.
We are not usually in the business of following people around to prove infidelity, but will bring in experienced surveillance personnel…
Asset Investigations and Due Diligence: Your Lawyer Helps Maintain Secrecy
In the past month, two divorcing clients contacted us and wanted asset searches performed without signing up us through their divorce lawyers. Here is the advice we gave them, as we give all our clients:
“Sign us up through your lawyer. If…
