How to Do Financial Asset Investigations: A Practical Guide for Private Investigators, Collections Personnel, and Asset Recovery Specialists,9780398070458

How to Do Financial Asset Investigations: A Practical Guide for Private Investigators, Collections Personnel, and Asset Recovery Specialists

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780398070458
ISBN10: 0398070458
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-04-01
Publisher(s): Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
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Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition vii
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Introduction 3(1)
Computers
4(3)
Summary
7(1)
Obtaining the Identifiers
8(12)
The Importance of Basic Identifiers
8(2)
The Social Security Number
9(1)
A Person's Name
9(1)
Address Histories
10(1)
Common Sources
10(2)
Trashing About
11(1)
Voters' Registration
11(1)
Record Searching Techniques
11(1)
Tools for Organizing Information
12(2)
The Telephone Book
13(1)
Courthouse Files
14(1)
Civil Court Records
14(1)
Other Common Sources
15(1)
Lesser Known Sources
15(1)
Financial Statements
16(1)
Professional Directories
17(1)
Governmental Records
18(1)
Summary
18(2)
Identifying Relatives and Associates
20(10)
Basic Sources
20(2)
Motor Vehicle Address Searches
21(1)
The Local Newspaper on CD-ROM
21(1)
Other Miscellaneous Sources
22(1)
Other States and Localities
22(2)
Mailing Lists
24(1)
Securities and Exchange Commission
24(1)
Social Security Number
24(2)
Human Sources
26(1)
Summary
27(3)
Basic Sources for Individuals
30(17)
The Law Speaks
31(2)
Bankruptcy Records
33(2)
Occupational Information
35(1)
Vehicles
36(1)
Boats
36(1)
Aircraft
37(1)
UCC Filings
38(1)
Tax Liens
39(1)
Corporations: Officer/Director
40(1)
Real Estate Records
40(2)
Public Record Searching Shortcuts
42(1)
Summary
43(4)
Information Brokers and Others Sources
47(12)
Information Brokers
47(3)
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
50(1)
Other Database Providers
50(3)
Business Sources
53(3)
Newsgroups
56(1)
Biographical Sources
57(2)
Research Centers
57(2)
Visiting the Subject's Premises
59(10)
Drive-By of Residence
59(2)
Surveillance
61(1)
A Word About Trash
61(2)
Reading the Trash
62(1)
Neighbors
63(1)
Summary
63(6)
Advanced Sources for Individuals
69(10)
How the Basic Search Differs
69(1)
Special Issues in Accident Cases
70(1)
Wage Earnings Information
70(1)
Governmental Sources
71(2)
Real Estate Records (A Second Look)
73(1)
Financial Statements
73(3)
Unreported Income
74(2)
Lawsuits (Another Look)
76(1)
Financial Investigations: A Tool for Security Managers
76(2)
Summary
78(1)
Finding Hidden Assets
79(16)
Using Discovery Techniques
79(1)
Common Hiding Places
80(1)
The Paydown
81(1)
Life Insurance
81(1)
Money Orders and Other Negotiable Instruments
82(1)
Limited Partnerships
83(1)
Dead and Dissolved Corporations
84(1)
Stockbrokers
85(1)
Collectibles and Safe Deposit Boxes
85(1)
Overseas or Offshore Accounts and Businesses
86(3)
Other Financial Dodges
89(2)
Sweetheart Lawsuits
90(1)
Summary
91(4)
Basic Business Asset Search
95(18)
Additional Financial Parameters
96(1)
Balance Sheets
96(1)
Scanning for Information
97(2)
CD-ROMs
99(1)
Other Basic Business Reference Sources
100(1)
State Filing Requirements
100(3)
Unincorporated Business
102(1)
Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
103(1)
Business Credit Reports
103(1)
SEC Reports
104(1)
Other Information Sources (From Chapter Three)
105(1)
Personal Property Renderings
105(1)
Piercing the Corporate Veil
106(2)
Summary
108(5)
The Plant Visit
113(12)
The Overview
113(5)
Site Security
115(1)
Going Inside
115(1)
Parking Lots, Storage Areas, and Delivery Areas
116(1)
Waste Disposal and Other Vendors
117(1)
Area Businesses
117(1)
Additional Details
118(2)
Summary
120(5)
Advanced Sources for Businesses
125(13)
Identifying Those Who Can Tell More
125(2)
Interviewing Techniques
127(2)
Using Key Business Ratios
129(1)
Business Intelligence Techniques
130(2)
What Constitutes Reliable Data?
130(1)
What Constitutes Valid Data?
131(1)
Background on a Business
132(2)
Summary
134(4)
Recording Data and Reporting to the Client
138(13)
Organizing Data
139(6)
Reorganizing and Analyzing Data
142(1)
The Association Summary
143(1)
The Banking Summary
143(2)
Reporting on the Individual
145(2)
The Business Report
147(1)
Summary
148(3)
A Fictional Preliminary Investigation
151(14)
San Francisco
152(1)
Cross-Texas Transport
153(1)
The Main Players
153(1)
Organizing the Data
154(1)
The Key Piece: A Personal Bond
154(1)
Blue Diamond vs Blue Star?
155(1)
Intrepid Holdings
155(1)
Melissa Reports
156(1)
Interlocking Companies
156(1)
Additional Newspaper Research
157(1)
Business Credit Sources
158(1)
Athena United Software
159(1)
Shivers' Hidden Interest
160(1)
Jupiter's Credit Report
160(1)
Banking Information
161(1)
Legal Resource Index
161(1)
Business Ratios
162(1)
Biographical Background
163(1)
Summary
163(2)
Investigating Using the Internet and Other Sources
165(16)
General Instructions for Mary
166(2)
Corporations and Business
168(2)
Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds
170(1)
Insurance
171(1)
Financial Statements
172(2)
Credit Cards
174(1)
Income Tax Returns
174(1)
Bank Statements and Checks
175(1)
Real Estate
176(1)
Vehicles, Boats, Aircraft
176(1)
Calendars
177(1)
Leases
177(1)
Collectibles
178(1)
Summary of Internet Resources
178(3)
Bibliography 181(4)
Index 185

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