Tag Archive for: secret companies
The Offshore Assets Play Book
Clients come to us all the time with the suspicion that their spouse has stashed assets offshore. The problem is that they are not sure where.
If there is one thing that is as difficult as getting money returned from an overseas location, it…
The Difference Between Fact Checking and Asset Searching
A fascinating interview with the chief fact checker for The New Yorker in the Columbia Journalism Review here got us thinking about the distinction between checking the veracity of facts and finding new ones.
Our firm does both, dealing mostly…
When Spying on Your Spouse’s Computer Turns into Wiretapping
One of the most powerful tools a spouse had to monitor assets or other activities is to look at the shared computer of the spouse under investigation. We have written before in When You’re Allowed to Look Through Your Debtor’s Computers…
Envelopes Stuffed with Cash and Secret Offshore Companies: how $20 million goes missing
In a dramatic divorce case unfolding in Southern California this week, Hydee Feldstein, a retired partner at a large law firm, accused her ex-husband Peter Gregora of stealing $20 million of the couple’s money over the course of their marriage. …
The Divorce Asset Questionnaire
People often ask when it comes to searching for assets, “Where do you even begin to look?” This sometimes comes after we give them the grown-up news that there is no magic computer terminal that will accept a Social Security Number and churn…
Divorce Assets in Bankruptcy? Oh Yes!
You wouldn’t think old bankruptcies are a place worth checking when hunting for assets. If someone’s bankrupt, it means they are essentially out of money, right?
Wrong, at least sometimes.
We have found all kinds of wonderful material…
Former Brooklyn Prosecutor Convicted of Fraud on NYC Transit Authority
According to the New York Law Journal, yesterday, a Brooklyn jury convicted former Brooklyn prosecutor, John Headley, of fraud and misconduct over his misuse of New York City Transit Authority funds. Headley’s company, Advance I.M.E. Co.,…
