Digging for Disclosure

Financial crimes and scandals constantly victimize sophisticated companies, investors, executives, and business deal-makers. Whether you’re planning a major investment, a corporate acquisition, or merger, you can’t afford to have it happen to you. In Digging for Disclosure , the leaders of a world-class corporate investigations firm show you exactly how to protect yourself from financial fraud.

Kenneth Springer and Joelle Scott draw on decades of experience as investigators working for top clients. They present dozens of stunning stories of real-world financial malfeasance, as well as powerful lessons and techniques for recognizing the signals of fraud, and successfully exposing it. You’ll discover little-known databases for uncovering what corporate criminals don’t want you to know—and how to go beyond the Internet to find crucial information that only exists offline. Springer and Scott show how to “think like a swindler”… track down fraud both before and after a transaction… gather crucial competitive intelligence… find hidden assets such as co-op real estate… uncover foreign criminal convictions… understand a potential borrower’s true financial situation… perform background checks on corporations… even investigate the potential involvement of organized crime.

You can’t afford not to know who you’re dealing with. Digging for Disclosure will help you make sure you do—always.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Just When You Think You Know Someone
Chapter 2: A Swindler State of Mind
Chapter 3: We Call That a Clue
Chapter 4: The Gray Area: Somewhere Between Fraud and Fudging
Chapter 5: Sometimes, You Just Gotta Ask
Chapter 6: Crossing Borders: International Investigations
Chapter 7: Digging for Disclosure
Chapter 8: The Competitive Edge
Chapter 9: Never Too Late: When Problems Arise Post-Investment
Chapter 10: Tracking Down a Threat
Chapter 11: Now That Is Criminal
Chapter 12: Dial ‘F’ for Fraud: The Benefits of an Ethics Hotline
Chapter 13: This One Goes Out to the Attorneys
Chapter 14: The Godfather in the Boardroom
Chapter 15: Show Me the Money: Asset Investigations
Chapter 16: Investigating the Inc
Chapter 17: You, the Referee
Chapter 18: The Secret Sauce
Chapter 19: Testing, Testing