The investigators of ResultQuest were recently retained by an employment law firm representing a large family-owned business with regional offices nationwide. One of the firm’s longtime regional managers, who was married to a daughter of the founder, had...
Our investigators were called in to assist the general counsel of a major oilfield services company that had purchased an established construction company. The oilfield services company opted to keep the construction company’s’ founder on a multi-year contract to...
By John Beard; CPA, CFE Wouldn’t it be nice to have a crystal ball or to be clairvoyant in forecasting potential business issues such as internal fraud? Unfortunately, the vast majority of us are not psychic and instead have to rely on an investigative function to...
Horror stories abound about smooth-talking con men talking people out of their money. To pick up the newspaper is to be practically assured of reading about another account. Often, the swindler can fool smart, accomplished people into going along with some scheme...
The media is filled with accounts of fraud artists who wreak havoc on unsuspecting victims, only to move on and take up in another place, then engage in a repeat performance. Chronic perpetrators of fraud usually leave a trail of evidence of illicit behavior in their...
The rising cost of living has led countless industrious individuals to take jobs or start companies on the side in order to make ends meet. This is the way that many successful companies have gotten their start. It is also one of the hallmarks of our great free...