Digging for Disclosure: Tactics for Protecting Your Firm’s Assets from Swindlers, Scammers, and Imposters

Introduction

“I should have done more.”“I did not even think to look into it.”“I didn’t think this would happen to me.”

No, I am not a psychologist, and these are not quotes from my patients. These are some of the painful comments made by investors who have been fleeced. Whether you have been monetarily slammed by Bernie Madoff or simply misled by a borrower, hedge fund manager, or executive with whom you have invested, the economic pain and embarrassment has the same pinch. As a former Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the president of a business investigations firm, I have accumulated a number of preventive business methods that help investors of all sizes protect their interests and avoid being the victims ...