About Research North

Financial Investigations

Talent, Technology, and Tenacity...

RNI is routinely asked to conduct asset searches and to establish financial profiles on individuals and businesses for a variety of reasons. RNI is also engaged to conduct complex financial investigations in order to eliminate or minimize the fiduciary liability of insurance companies, business/union executives or other individuals. With regard to businesses and unions, this can include investigating wrongdoing in labor management relations, internal union affairs and employee benefit plans. Our work may uncover embezzlement, bribery, extortion, falsification of documents, fraud, RICO violations or money laundering.

A First-Rate Team of Investigators

At Research North, we have the resources, technology and field experience to capture the evidence you need in a discreet, confidential manner. Contact us today to discuss your circumstances and learn how we might be able to assist you.

Since 1981 our clients have told us they admire the professionalism of our work. Having the right video, photographic, and computer equipment helps, but it is often the hands-on experience of our investigators (many former law enforcement officials and special agents) that makes the difference. You will be able to depend upon the thoroughness of our discovery and reports, the clarity of the video recordings or photographs we supply, and the knowledgeable testimony of our investigators to generate the evidence you need.


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Case Study #1

SUSPICION: Fraudulent hiding of assets from bank.

Careful analysis of suspect's financial dealings verified method by which assets were obscured.

RESULT:

Threatening to file criminal charges, the bank renegotiated loan to suspect.

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Case Study #2

SUSPICION: Unlawful diversion of products.

Confidential surveillance identified truck transfer points in five states.

Follow-up forensic accounting investigation developed evidence against internal employees and vendors.

RESULT:

Implicated persons quietly fired or removed from qualified vendors' list. Restitution paid after threat of litigation.

Case Study #3

In a recent assignment, a lending institution was attempting to foreclose on the business of a debtor who had stopped making payments on loans totaling over $2 million. To complicate matters, the borrower had unlawfully stripped all of the assets of the business and moved them to other corporations owned by his adult children. Access was gained to the records of all of the these businesses through the filing of a lawsuit in federal court. An examination of the records revealed the details of the stripping of the debtor business and also disclosed the theft of many corporate assets by family members which were then converted to personal use. The RNI investigator was prepared to present his findings during a trial, but the lawsuit was settled as the trial was about to begin. The client was very satisfied with the settlement.


Additional Complex Cases

- RNI investigators have supported civil lawyers in multiple cases involving the use of the Federal Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Members of our investigative staff have substantial experience with the RICO statute and many of its predicate offenses. In one case an RNI investigator gathered and analyzed relevant documents and interviewed witnesses prior to the taking of depositions in a case involving a loan fraud exceeding $10 million. This preliminary work contributed substantially to the success of the depositions. In another case an attorney used one of our investigators to find and document the information that formed the basis for the filing of a RICO suit.

Michigan Investigator License 370120202614
Wisconsin Investigator License 15691

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