Investment fraud and Investment Scam

Businesses around the world lost more than $7 billion to fraud and abuse in 2018, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). No matter what industry you work in, you are at risk of fraud schemes from employees, clients, vendors and fake investment platform, binary options trading and others.

Fraud investigations aim to uncover what behaviours occurred, by whom and how. At Trackforce Recovery, our fraud investigations are thorough, timely, accurate and compliant.
Investment rarely comes without a level of risk, but that risk increases exponentially for those unaware of the tactics of predatory fraudsters. The first protection against becoming a victim of a scam is to spot the signs:

• Any investment that sounds too good to be true probably is
• Be cautious of unsolicited phone calls, emails or letters offering one-off investment opportunities
• Don’t be pressured into an investment.
• Give yourself time to do due diligence so you can make an informed decision.
• Get advice from a government body, such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), or an independent professional financial adviser you trust.
• Don’t be bitten twice.
• Avoid follow-on frauds, where scam organizers pass on the details of investors they’ve swindled to other fraudsters.

The second protection is to get your money back by enforcing your rights as a creditor. We’ve recovered funds for our clients in a wide range of investment fraud and scam cases, including for those who have fallen victim to:

• Unauthorized firms and individuals running investment scams such as share fraud
• Cloned firms
• Bitcoin and other digital currency scams
• Land development and banking scams
• Wine investment scams
• Carbon credit scams
• Boiler room fraud
• Ponzi or pyramid schemes
• Identity theft
• Mis-sold investments, such as pensions or bonds, by a bank or other financial adviser

Owing to our experience helping clients recover funds in investment fraud cases (such as those listed above), we have considerable knowledge of the sophisticated ways investment scams target investors and are operated, as well as how professional misfeasance can cause people to lose money. This expertise means we’re ideally placed to help creditors and investors get compensation by holding fraudsters and negligent professionals to account.

Trackforce Recovery specializes in the investigation of complex investment frauds and financial crime. Whether you are considering an investment or have been deceived into making an investment we have the resources to ‘dig deep’ to ascertain whether the opportunity is sound or to accrue evidence to support litigation. Noble Ally Finance Security has investigated major multi-billion-dollar international frauds. We have coordinated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Attorney’s Office, UK Action Fraud police and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Once we have located your funds we can also recover them for you.

Recovering Lost Assets

In addition to investment fraud investigation, we provide comprehensive asset searches to assist clients in identifying accounts and recovering funds to enforce civil judgments. Working on behalf of corporate entities, legal firms and high net-worth individuals we gather facts relating to high stake legal action or fraud.

We are a highly experienced global team with forensic, legal, financial and intelligence backgrounds and go as far as tracking down, vetting and interviewing witnesses to support legal cases.

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