January 10th, 2019
Arrest of Chinese ‘Billionaire’ Triggers Diligence Look-backA purported Chinese billionaire is now being held in detention by Chinese authorities on undisclosed criminal allegations, and the Beijing government seized control of his business empire. Ye Jianming’s many investors and political allies around Asia, Europe and the U.S. may wish they had done more checking into his origin story before getting drawn in by […]
November 14th, 2018
3 suitcases with 15 million in cash crossing the border. It’s not what you think.The New York Times reported that recently “Israel allowed a car to cross into Gaza with three suitcases holding $15 million in cash. By Friday morning, thousands of civil servants and police officers employed by Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, were at the post office to collect sorely needed back pay.” Like other […]
July 31st, 2018
When Background Screening an Inside Candidate, You Might Want to Check Your Own FilesThe first in the series of mishaps at University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine occurred in March 2016, when the school’s then-dean –we will call him Dean #1 — abruptly resigned. It later emerged that he had been at the scene of a young woman’s drug overdose in a Pasadena hotel room, the Los […]
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