Beneficial Trusts and Wills One of the most common questions we get is about being able to search for a beneficial trust or will when a person is a member of a family and somebody is deceased in that family. You may have an interest in finding out if you have any beneficial assets coming to you, whether it's bank accounts, real estate, vehicles, corporate assets, or any other type of beneficiary items that [...]
Do Online Scammers Get Caught? So do online scammers get caught? Well, here you go: 4,000 people were arrested in a huge crackdown on online scams. They seized $250 million in assets high-end vehicles, bank accounts a lot happened in this operation. Types of Scams And how do these people execute their scams? They use phishing schemes, investment fraud, romance scams, and impersonation scams. As a victim, I'm sure that one of these is [...]
The Importance of Password Security Remember we did a video the other day about how passwords can be easily cracked. The test hack cracked, I think, 80 million passwords in about a minute, and you might say, "Well, I have two-factor authentication." Well, that's great, but that's also not enough to protect data, especially in the cloud. Ticketmaster, one of the largest companies, and also Santander Bank, have suffered data breaches because their two-factor [...]
How to Investigate Internet Activity So how do you investigate internet activity for a person? Well, if you have a spouse or family member, somebody in your household that you're suspicious about regarding their internet activity, there are certain ways where that activity is revealed to the public that you might be able to utilize to get information. Tracking Internet Traffic Through Router or Modem Sometimes if the person is using either their mobile [...]
How to Prove and Bring a Legal Malpractice Case So how can you prove a case or bring a case of legal malpractice? Maybe you have an attorney that you think did something wrong. Hi, this is Dave Pellegrino, licensed private investigator, also licensed certified civil court mediator. We do a lot of mediation in court. Many times a plaintiff or defendant in a court is going to have some type of beef or [...]
Another Multi-Million Dollar Crypto Fraud Scheme Exposed Here we go again another example of a multi-million dollar crypto fraud scheme that had a lot of victims. But the good news is, in this case, like many of them, it was caught, prosecuted, and people are going to start getting their money back. Details of the Case This is a case in Florida where a person stole $8.4 million of crypto in an investment scam. [...]
Discussion of Fraud Cases and Victim Support Over the years, we've handled many fraud cases and discovered all kinds of scams corporate embezzlement, Ponzi schemes, crypto scams. One of the things that always comes up is how to deal not just with discovering and investigating the fraud, but how to help the victim become whole again, become more financially sound, and maybe get some recovery. The Need for Enhanced Victim Support A lot of [...]
Third-Party Liability in Ponzi Schemes and Scams Over the years, you've heard us talk a lot about third-party liability in Ponzi schemes and scams. How does that work? Victims Seeking Recovery Well, when somebody scams money from victims like in a Ponzi scheme or embezzlement, many times the victims look to recover their money, recover their funds, recover their assets by going and finding out where the bank account is for that person who [...]
Common Occurrences During Major Family Events Sadly, this is a very common occurrence anytime there is some major family event: a divorce, a death in the family, somebody going into conservatorship. Many times, relatives look at it as an opportunity to take money that does not belong to them, especially in divorce cases. How This Works in Divorce Cases Here's how this works: if two people are getting divorced, they have a joint set [...]
Understanding the Dark Web and Deep Web So what does it mean to investigate the dark web or the Deep Web? A lot of people think that the dark web is something different than the internet. We have a client we're working with now that has a lot of potential hidden assets based on various events in their life. Part of the interest is to search the dark web, and that was their request. [...]
