Fraud Investigation/Forensic Services
FDI takes a very unique and proactive approach to investigating fraud. In addition to being licensed as a private investigator, our years of experience in not only detecting and investigating fraud, but also our consultants' unique perspective of perpetrating fraud, allows FDI to uncover complex transactions and detect previously undiscovered fraud. Our associates have investigated some of the most high-profile frauds as well as provided forensic services to every major branch of law-enforcement. For example, in the MX Factors fraud case, the Fraud Discovery Institute helped secure evidence which lead to convictions from licensed private investigators Juan Lopez and Paul Palladino who worked with Barry Minkow to gather evidence for the United States Postal Inspectors office in San Diego. And in the case of Financial Solutions, Barry Minkow and private investigator Juan Lopez went undercover to secure evidence that was later used by the Securities and Exchange Commission in court documents to shut down Financial Solutions for allegedly running a 25.7 million dollar Ponzi scheme. FDI is licensed as a private investigator in the state of California.

Consulting & Support
FDI provides consulting to corporations regarding instituting proper fraud prevention measures, board (Director, Audit Committee) selection and best practices, and other services such as our proprietary fraud audit service, Fraudits (see below)

Fraud Education Services
First and foremost, fraud detection and prevention is more than a state of mind. Unless there is a perception of detection throughout an organization, fraud can and will frequently happen. Understanding what constitutes fraud (and how to prevent it) must start with training and mentoring at the highest levels of management to set an example for all stakeholders. Once a fraud does occur, the costs in earnings, manpower, possibly hostile litigation, higher insurance premiums, and corporate credibility are hard to contain. FDI's proactive fraud detection and awareness program can save you time, money, embarrassment, and potential damages in a class-action lawsuit.

Expert Witness Testimony
Many times, expert witness testimony is critical to ensure a successful trial, no matter what side you are on, FDI can provide expert witness testimony involving financial fraud cases. Based on years of experience on both sides of the law, FDI provides the following support services:

• Presenting complicated evidence and concepts in a concise and clear manner through the use of graphs, charts, schedules and other illustrative techniques
• Testifying about analyses related to liability issues
• Testifying about issues related to the amount and causes of damages
• Testifying about economic, business or accounting matter/
• Developing evidence, court exhibits, and testimony topics for other experts, including academicians and industry specialists
• Ensuring consistency among expert witnesses
• Rebutting Opposing Experts' Testimony
• Aiding in the formulation of cross-examination questions
• Analyzing and rebutting the opposition's experts or exhibits qualifications, testimony, or analyses

Due Diligence Services
Many companies that perform due Diligence on a regular basis as a course of normal business (e.g. insurance, lending) use outdated or inadequate processes. FDI can provide a complete due Diligence“overhaul”, both from a paperwork and a process standpoint.

“After-the-fact” Support
Companies use FDI for “After-the-fact” support and due Diligence services. Essentially, FDI assists fraud victims in areas such as assessing culpability of a given fraud for the audit committee or board of directors in a certain company as well as determining the chain of events and “who did what, why, and how” and “who knew what”.