In doing our investigations for assets in divorce, we often work with a forensic accountant. Sometimes they bring us into the case and sometimes it’s the reverse.
When do you need one, the other, or both?
Sadly, the answer is usually, “Longer than you’re willing to give me. You should have called me sooner.”
We get inquiries from time to time from divorcing parties who are going to trial within the next month or even just a few weeks. They want to know whether we can look for offshore assets in
When people come to us for financial investigations, it’s rare that the information they are seeking is right out in the open. But sometimes, the values are not very far under the surface.
When the hints are there, it can be a matter of simple arithmetic to figure out the answer. Other times, you can
We Found $60 Million in two hours, and our client wasn’t happy.
Sometimes looking for assets is like hunting for buried treasure. Other times, there’s a pot of gold under such a light dusting of soil that you can spot it in an hour or two.
That’s the way it works with securities records (covering
A client came to us and asked us to look for assets owned by her husband. They were going to get divorced and she needed to know what he had.
In briefing us, she told us that she didn’t know much, but one thing she was certain of was that a piece of property she
Everyone would love to have more information, but getting information is not always free. At what point does it become too expensive to pay for more?
We get this question a lot, especially when divorcing parties call us directly about our asset search services.
Firstly, before you file for divorce there are lots of things
As Bitcoin surges in value once again, divorcing spouses may be tempted to convert cash into electronic currency. Finding it can be harder than finding cash, but if you do find it, you can make a comparatively fast case that your spouse is undercounting assets.
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Philip Segal’s lengthy interview about asset searching with divorce journalist Ilyssa Panitz is here:
It appeared on line in Authority Magazine.
Now and again a client comes to us for information on a spouse’s assets. But if the client has already signed a power of attorney, the search could involve both spouses’ assets.
A power of attorney between married people could work like this: Wife grants Husband the power to buy and sell things on Wife’s
If asked to describe the attributes of a good investigator, “empathetic” is not the first word that would come to mind for most people.
For anyone looking for hidden assets, though, empathy is a must.
Empathy means “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another,” and it’s a critical tool for any professional