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Insite provides companies with high-quality and cost-effective investigation services. We take a sophisticated, yet creative approach toward quality research and actionable intelligence. Be it detecting fraud, seeking assets or background checks, we are able to navigate delicate situations through a network of proprietary resources, public domain access and a network of national and international informants. Insite's founder, Christopher Falkenberg, is a former litigator and is familiar with the many legal issues that arise in private investigations.
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Background Investigations
| Insite's background investigation services are conducted by seasoned professionals with years of experience providing qualitative and quantitative analysis. We formulate thorough, in-person reviews of legal and other records to determine an individual's suitability as a witness, an employee, an asset manager, a tenant or a business partner. Our network of skilled researchers, in the U.S. and abroad, make by-hand searches of legal proceedings and violations, which are not computerized in many jurisdictions. We look deeper into the background and associations of individuals, using "developed references," sources and information uncovered by our techniques of expanding the information base beyond the obvious. Insite has subscriptions and access to the most sophisticated data sources, including unusual resources not generally used by many investigators because they are not known or too costly.
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Hedge Fund Investigations
Hedge funds are increasingly attractive investment vehicles for investors seeking enhanced returns, despite the fact that little public information exists about fund operations or managers. Investors are forced to make large minimum investments with firms that promise exceptional performance but operate in an essentially unregulated environment. Insite offers full investigative services to investors that help validate the credentials of fund managers as well as their performance claims. A full report includes a background check using a variety of sources: public records, published articles, company documents, bankruptcy filings and other legal records and filings. In addition, Insite taps our own network of sources in New York, London and Tokyo to obtain qualitative reputational information on fund managers and investors. Insite provides the facts any investor should have before making the significant investment a hedge fund requires.
For many years prior to the recent spate of hedge fund frauds, Insite has provided thorough and thoughtful reports on prospective fund managers, their backgrounds and their reputations. In addition, we have guided a number of private equity and venture capital firms in assessing the credentials and bona fides of senior management in prospective investments.
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Transactional Due Diligence
Insite Security helps clients understand the risk in doing business with individuals or entities whose past history and reputation becomes not just relevant but critical. In any significant financial endeavor, confidence comes from reasonable knowledge of the background of a prospective partner or investor.
Our responsibilities often include:
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Investment allocations to a hedge fund or other financial groups |
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Rental agreements |
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Litigation Support
For our legal clients, Insite's business intelligence serves the mechanics of complex civil litigation. Insite's management includes experienced trial lawyers who understand not only the civil litigation process but also the ethical issues that attorneys must consider when hiring an investigator.
Insite supports the discovery process, identifies critical witnesses and facilitates the sometimes difficult service of process, among other needs.
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