Tag Archive for: secret companies

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Just “a little off” Can Mean Fraud

Lots of the work in divorce asset detection involves looking at the names of companies a subject has, and then trying to figure out the names of new companies concealed from our client (the spouse). Sometimes, a tiny change is all it takes…
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How an Artificial Intelligence Asset Search Would Start (and Stall)

AI will tell you a lot, but if you ask it to unblock a drain or patch your roof you will be disappointed. All the how-to’s in the world won’t get the job done for you. I tried doing an asset search from the very beginning on Perplexity,…
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Tariffs and Plunging Markets – What They May Mean if You’re Getting Divorced

Millions of Americans sat down this weekend to contemplate plunging stock markets and depleted retirement accounts. For those thinking about divorce, the need to know more about the other side’s hidden assets just got more urgent. It…
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Why I Love Working with Divorce Financial Analysts

I do some of my most satisfying work in the area of divorce. People (usually women) are often afraid as they navigate what for many of them is the worst thing that’s ever happened to them. In a contested divorce, not only are they battling…

How to Start a Divorce Asset Search

Clients usually ask me three questions about a divorce asset search: “What do you need from me to get started?” “What can you find?” This is often followed with, “I really want bank and brokerage accounts.” “How long…

Putting Outrage Aside

There is no shortage of outrage in the world. I suspect it’s always been like this, but it was harder to share it with everyone else before most of us started making instant movies of our lives, to be distributed to millions for almost no…
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How Soon Should You Start a Divorce Asset Search?

If you’re thinking that you may be divorced in the near or medium term, the answer isn’t necessarily “start now,” but it’s not too early to start organizing your information. Step 1: What Do I Know, and What is Missing? It’s never…
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Divorce Asset Searching – A Big Return on a Small Investment

Would you be willing to invest $4,000 dollars if there were a decent chance of getting $50,000 back within six months? See if this is you or someone you know: A professional woman who has been off work for a number of years taking…
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Marketing Your Business: The Value Proposition and Why It Helps Investigators

There is no one-size-fits-all solution for marketing a business. If you have an unfamiliar product that requires a major amount of trust on the part of the first-time buyer, the approach should not be the same as persuading people to try a different…
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Issue Spotting in Investigation

Remember those law school exams that depended not as much on getting the right answer as on issue spotting? Usually you got a fact pattern and you had to look at all the ways those facts would present interesting legal questions for a judge…