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http://www.redlandsrealestateschool.com (Redlands)
http://www.sdrealestateschool.com (San Diego)
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Founders of the only legal financing marketplace answer Q&A and explain the market history and need for legal financing.
Houston, TX (PRWEB) 2014 -- LitCap, an online marketplace that connects attorneys with qualified investor' lenders for case cost financing, speaks out to address common attorney financing questions in the first webinar for litigators on the attorney financing marketplace.
Questions answered by the LitCap Marketplace founders Britton Holland & Hugh Plummer include:
• Question: Describe the perceived conflict of interest trial attorneys face today?
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2. Rick Potocek, CPA, MBA, CFE
Forensic and Dispute Services Principal
More than 30 years of experience in fraud
investigation
24 years as a special agent with the FBI
3½ years as a director of the forensic and dispute
services practice of Deloitte financial advisory services
3 years in private practice
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3. So Why Two Companies?
GRF CPAs is a highly respected accounting firm
in Bethesda, MD.
• More than 30 years of experience
• Tax, Audit, and Accounting services, Forensic and Dispute
Services practice
Greystone is an investigative firm licensed in
Maryland, Virginia and DC and is affiliated with
GRF CPAs.
• Maintains licenses and liability insurance to provide
investigative services to corporate and law firm clients.
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4. GRF Litigation Support Services
Forensic Accounting
Internal and External Fraud Investigations
Business Valuation
Fact and Expert Witness Testimony
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5. Greystone Litigation Support Services
Background, Due Diligence and Pre-employment
Background Investigations
Locate Witnesses/Defendants
Professional Witness Interviews
Asset Tracing to Recover Court-Ordered Judgments
Cause and Origin Fire Investigations and Testimony
Recorded Conversations (where allowed by law)
Surveillance and Photography Services
GPS Tracking (with consent)
Handwriting Expert Services
National Network of Former FBI Agents
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6. Financial Auditor v. Forensic Accountant
The Auditor:
• Relies on statistical sampling to prove there are no irregular
transactions – numbers-focused with limited information.
• “Don’t chase the shiny object.”
The Forensic Accountant:
• Advised by the client of at least one irregular transaction.
• Must develop methodologies to identify additional instances
of unauthorized activity and who the perpetrator is, how
much is gone, how it was done, who else is involved.
• Information-focused – professional skepticism.
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7. Our Investigative Toolbox
INTERVIEWS - The Most Effective Tool
People with knowledge about the event.
People working in the areas where the event occurred.
People with the authority or ability to cause the event
to occur.
Suspects/Subjects – hope for a confession but at least
get their story on the record and look for changes in
the story as investigation progresses.
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8. Our Investigative Toolbox
PROPRIETARY DATABASES
looking for
bankruptcies, liens, judgments, foreclosures, real estate
owned, boats and airplanes owned, criminal
convictions, address history, prior employers, sex
offender registry, etc.
MVA
For vehicles owned and driving record – Looking for
expensive vehicles, DUIs, suspended license, etc. (MD
only)
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9. Our Investigative Toolbox
EMAIL REVIEW (with employer or computer owner consent)
Once the list of suspects is narrowed down, review email
for information concerning the event. Coordinate with IT
shop to pull email. Use computer forensic expert to cull
email down to manageable size using “key word”
searches.
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10. Our Investigative Toolbox
COMPUTER HARD DRIVE/SHARED DRIVE REVIEW
Only use credentialed computer forensic expert to extract
and recover deleted files and extract data using law
enforcement approved protocols.
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11. Suggestions
Consult with us early in the case to:
Assist counsel in formulating a strategy from an
investigative perspective.
Conduct due diligence investigations re: your new
client, the adversarial parties, opposing counsel’s
witnesses, your witnesses.
Assist with identifying relevant documents and people to
be subpoenaed from an investigative perspective.
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12. Recent War Stories:
Civil fraud case – defendants used approximately 26 shell
companies and 50 bank accounts. Our analysis identified
multiple instances of embezzlement and money
laundering. Also determined main defendant is a four-
time convicted felon and served nine years in jail for
similar schemes.
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13. Recent War Stories:
Plaintiff’s litigious history – wrongful termination
suits, FCRA suits, topped off with a qui tam lawsuit
against former employer. Plaintiff has brought over 30
actions over 10-year period, winning judgments in almost
every case. Qui Tam was last straw for one employer.
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14. Recent War Stories:
PNC Bank Wealth Management Employee
10-year trusted employee above reproach.
Bank Security identified $15K in unusual transactions in
customer accounts to which employee admitted.
We were engaged to conduct a forensic accounting
investigation and identified a total of approximately
$400K embezzled from 86 customer accounts. Referred
to FBI, defendant pled guilty, sentenced to two years in
jail and restitution.
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