Contents
Chapter 1. Just When You Think You Know Someone
The Tactic: Turning Over Neighboring Stones
Chapter 2. A Swindler State of Mind
Chapter 3. We Call That a Clue
The Situation: Banking With a Binge
The Tactic: Dirt In the Documents
The Situation: The Subversive CFO
The Tactic: Collecting Corporate Records
Chapter 4. The Gray Area: Somewhere Between Fraud and Fudging
The Tactic: Don’t Be Complacent
The Situation: A Degree of Arrogance
The Tactic: Canvassing the Cases
Chapter 5. Sometimes, You Just Gotta Ask
The Situation: Protecting the Innocent
The Tactic: Ask And Ye Shall Receive
The Situation: Baby Proofed Résumé
The Tactic: The Friends and Family Plan
The Situation: Case of Contagious Coercion
The Tactic: Secrets of Former Employees
The Situation: Unearthing the Ugly
The Tactic: Corralling the Criminals
Chapter 6. Crossing Borders: International Investigations
The Situation: The Facility That Never Was
The Situation: The Meandering Hedge Fund Manager
The Tactic: International Sources
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The Situation: Blackmail in Brazil
The Tactic: Changes in Brazilian Business
Chapter 7. Digging for Disclosure
The Whitest Lie Is Always Gray
Navigating Through Nicholas Cosmo
The Tactic: Capturing Criminal Records
The Situation: Cocktail Party Perpetrator
The Tactic: Debunking The Deceit
Chapter 8. The Competitive Edge
The Situation: The Backdating Bluff
The Situation: The Medicaid Fraud Mix
The Situation: The Grapple in the Garment Industry
The Tactic: Combing Through Corporate Documents
Chapter 9. Never Too Late: When Problems Arise Post-Investment
The Situation: Buy Now, Pay Later
How to Get the Most from an Interview
The Situation: The Misled Lender
The Situation: The Faultless Fraud
The Tactic: Don’t Stop Digging
Chapter 10. Tracking Down a Threat
The Tactic: Three Principles of Wrongdoing
You Have an Internal Problem: Now What?
Chapter 11. Now That Is Criminal
The Situation: The Criminal Connection
The Tactic: The Merits of Media
The Situation: Employee Embezzlement
The Situation: Fraud in Flight
The Tactic: Connecting the Dots
Chapter 12. Dial ‘F’ for Fraud: The Benefits of an Ethics Hotline
The Situation: The Spread of Swindlers
Chapter 13. This One Goes Out to the Attorneys
The Situation: The Bragging Banker
The Situation: A Leg Up for Lawyers
Chapter 14. The Godfather in the Boardroom
The Situation: Crime in Construction
The Situation: The Russian Racket
Chapter 15. Show Me the Money: Asset Investigations
The Situation: Going for Broke
The Tactic: The Property Paper Trail
Finding Hidden Assets in the Real Estate Business
The Situation: The Driver Has the Keys
Chapter 16. Investigating the Inc.
The Situation: Submitting to a Scam
The Situation: Fraud vs. Brothel: You Choose
The Situation: Sex, Documents, and a Deal
The Situation: Thieves Then; Executives Now
The Tactic: Assessing Your Appetite