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  • Financial Investigations

    Stryker provides professional asset searches and in-depth financial investigation services to Attorneys, Law Firms as well as  business to business services. 

    Stryker would like to caution our potentials clients, with this warning… there is a big difference between the terms “asset search” and “financial investigation.” These are two completely different investigations requiring completely different professional experts and skill sets.

    An asset is an economic resource. Anything tangible or intangible that is capable of being owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have positive economic value is considered an asset. As such, an asset search investigation is relatively easy to conduct, as the majority of Tangible Assets; (fixed) and are documented in public records. Though Tangible Assets; (liquid) are not a matter of public record and require a permissible purpose to conduct a search.

     Tangible Assets: (fixed) real estate, buildings, homes, equipment and machinery, tools, equity in property, capital assets, gold and minerals after extraction. Stryker

    Tangible Assets: (liquid) is a comprehensive process of discovery to determine tangible assets, current assets and other assets that can be converted to cash, such as liquid assets, bank accounts, money market fund shares, bonds, mutual funds, and the cash value of a life insurance policy. Stryker

    On the other hand, a financial investigation is a completely different investigation. At its simplest, a financial investigation tries to determine where money comes from, how it moves, and how it is used. Also known as forensic accounting, this type of investigation is often crucial when dealing with corporate investigations, theft, embezzlement, money laundering, dishonest employees and can associated with criminal charges. Investigators analyze all documents that show the paper trail of events involving money with the primary objective of documenting the movement of money.

    Tracing funds and activities within companies and across jurisdictions presents complex challenges to which our experts apply their forensic investigative abilities. Stryker team provides financial investigative expertise for class actions, civil litigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and white collar criminal matters.

    Application of Financial Investigation Procedures to Litigation Assignments

    Basic financial investigation procedures can be applied to a number of litigation 
    assignments such as:

    • White collar crime investigations, including employee embezzlement, corruption, vendor fraud schemes and other economic crimes against entities.
    • Matrimonial matters including asset finding and tracing; income determination and formulation of normalization adjustments in business valuations.
    • Shareholder dispute suits, such as showing financial statement and other management fraud.
    • Loss profit computations in economic damage cases, including the determination of historical income and expenses.
    • Defense cases such as white collar criminals, tax fraud matters, etc.

    Financial investigation are crucial when dealing with corporate investigations, theft, embezzlement and dishonest employees. In many cases, this type of investigation require searching through and analyzing many kinds of documents, from bank account records and spending records to receipts, bank account information, real estate files, motor vehicle records, and even computer files. Our experience includes multi-jurisdictional investigations involving offshore capital flight havens, creditor-unfriendly jurisdictions, complex investment group structures, nominee and alter ego companies.

     A resourceful and knowledgeable investigator can help an attorney develop facts, secure evidence, and perform countless other tasks to make an attorney’s life easier. 

    In order to conduct an asset investigation the requestor or creditor must have a permissible purpose. A permissible purpose is defined by the legal right to delve into privileged or private information on a individual or business.

    What is Permissible Purpose? 

    • 15 USC 1681 (1992)
      Sec. 1681. Congressional findings and statement of       purpose Sec. 1681b. Permissible purposes of consumer reports 
    • A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other:
    • (1) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order, or a subpoena issued in connection with proceedings before a Federal grand jury.
    • (2) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates.
    • (3) To a person which it has reason to believe–
      • a) intends to use the information in connection with a credit transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection of an account of, the consumer; or
      • b) intends to use the information for employment purposes; or
      • c) intends to use the information for employment purposes; or
      • d) intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer; or
      • e) intends to use the information in connection with a determination of the consumer’s eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant’s financial responsibility or status; or
      • f) otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in connection with a business transaction involving the consumer.
    • Pre-Litigation
    • Pre-Litigation asset searches are a preemptive tactic used to determine what assets or income may be seized in the event a judgment is ordered. Subsequent information can be used to determine if the judicial venture is economically worth the effort. Evidence obtained during this process can be admissible in court used at trial to prepare a better your case.A secured position will give a creditor significant leverage over the debtor that may prompt the debtor into a quick settlement.  It may also provide significant protection in the event of a bankruptcy (or even prompt the debtor not to file bankruptcy) because secured debts are not dis-chargeable.
    • Pre-Judgment / Pre Judgment Writ of Attachment
    • Generally, once a pre-judgment writ of attachment is issued by a court and properly served on the third party holding non-exempt funds or assets belonging to the debtor, the assets are essentially frozen until the writ of attachment has been dissolved, modified, or substituted. Pre-judgment attachment is an effective and often used procedure to secure and preserve assets pending the final outcome of litigation over a commercial debt.
    • Garnishment is the statutory judicial procedure  by which a party may preserve assets that are in the possession of a person or business not involved in the litigation.

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