In possibly the largest asset research in California history, DBA was in charge of determining the assets of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. As part of settlement of the SoCal area sex molestation cases, we reviewed 2500 property records and helped design a database to automatically appraise their value based on various considerations at changing market conditions. We reviewed the history of Spanish land grants, oil well leases, famous estate bequests, and one hundred linear feet of archival materials. We personally inspected and appraised over 200 parcels.
For a $2.2 billion judgment collection, DBA provided extensive asset locate and financial research abilities in the case New World TMT v. Prediwave, which involved investment in mainland China cable TV technology. Our careful interviews and research uncovered massive insider executive fraud. That led to the client seizing control, followed by a $2.2 billion judgment collection effort which involved hunting worldwide for the civil fugitive and nearly $1 billion in embezzled liquid assets.
DBA exposed a large Bay Area Ponzi scheme, leading to the April, 2012 conviction of Samuel “Mouli” Cohen, who was given 22 years in prison and $60 million in fines. The unraveling of his scheme began in 2008 when we were hired by worried, but loyal, clients. Our patient investigation proved fraud and won FBI involvement.
For a $2.2 billion judgment collection, DBA provided extensive asset locate and financial research abilities in the case New World TMT v. Prediwave, which involved investment in mainland China cable TV technology. Our careful interviews and research uncovered massive insider executive fraud. That led to the client seizing control, followed by a $2.2 billion judgment collection effort which involved hunting worldwide for the civil fugitive and nearly $1 billion in embezzled liquid assets.
DBA exposed a large Bay Area Ponzi scheme, leading to the April, 2012 conviction of Samuel “Mouli” Cohen, who was given 22 years in prison and $60 million in fines. The unraveling of his scheme began in 2008 when we were hired by worried, but loyal, clients. Our patient investigation proved fraud and won FBI involvement.
The reverse merger of Chinese corporations onto NASDAQ, over a period of seven years, resulted in most failing, followed by complex investor lawsuits. Our in-depth 2016 investigation clearly outlined the background of the trading, the short selling influences and corporate operations history in the USA and China. Several months after we finished our investigation, the man at the center of it, Benjamin Wei, was arrested by the FBI and SEC, as detailed by a long article in the New York Times.
Banks and investors with major loan involvements have asked DBA to research the financial and investment situations of various business entities, such as the largest builder of independent living units for seniors in the western states, where DBA had to evaluate project status in five states and the complex structures and assets of their various operating corporate entities. DBA also researched the financial health of the largest builder of cell towers in the US and Latin America, as it sought investment to expand into China.
Banks and investors with major loan involvements have asked DBA to research the financial and investment situations of various business entities, such as the largest builder of independent living units for seniors in the western states, where DBA had to evaluate project status in five states and the complex structures and assets of their various operating corporate entities. DBA also researched the financial health of the largest builder of cell towers in the US and Latin America, as it sought investment to expand into China.
In one of the largest insurance frauds in California history, the Lynn Boyd Stites Cumis Law fraud, DBA was responsible for putting together a database that tracked hundreds of involved persons, entities, fraudulently filed lawsuits and assets. The computer-sorted data was then used to assemble evidence of the fraud and recover assets.
In the Joseph David Dominelli scandal, one of the largest Ponzi schemes in California history, Douglas Baldwin assisted by uncovering and researching over a hundred fictitious business name filings used to hide assets.
After the FBI made the arrests and achieved early guilty pleas in a $6 million embezzlement from a nationwide restaurant corporation, DBA took over the asset hunt from the FBI back burner. We then tracked assets that passed through dozens of shell companies and into such areas as movie productions and franchise purchases.
In the Joseph David Dominelli scandal, one of the largest Ponzi schemes in California history, Douglas Baldwin assisted by uncovering and researching over a hundred fictitious business name filings used to hide assets.
After the FBI made the arrests and achieved early guilty pleas in a $6 million embezzlement from a nationwide restaurant corporation, DBA took over the asset hunt from the FBI back burner. We then tracked assets that passed through dozens of shell companies and into such areas as movie productions and franchise purchases.
