Services

Cranston Capital Investigations offers a wide range of investigative services to meet any corporate need or business situation. Our investigative team specializes in corporate background checks, investigations of corporate fraud and other white-collar crimes, business intelligence assignments, assets searches, litigation support services, pre-employment checks, household staff checks, executive screening, vendor screening and more.

CCI provides our clients with the objective, unbiased, critical information they need to protect their business, protect their assets, use in legal proceedings, and make smarter, strategically sound, and better informed decisions.

CCI has extensive expertise in:

Business Intelligence and Due Diligence

Successful businesses make decisions founded on information and the proper assessment of this information. Cranston Capital Investigations' comprehensive business intelligence and due diligence services help companies and executives get and analyze the information they need. CCI can investigate and provide comprehensive intelligence on competitors, the industry, future business partners, merger/takeover/joint venture targets and their business practices, and attitudes and decisions of regulators. Armed with business intelligence provided by CCI, potential risks can be minimized and strategically sound business decisions made.

Disputes and Investigations

Businesses change, partners or employees come and go, and not every parting is amicable. Cranston Capital Investigations' disputes and investigations services support the corporate need for information and historical tracking that can help support a business's position and help win lawsuits should a legal resolution be necessary. CCI's disputes and investigations services encompass investigations of potential resume fraud, conflicts of interest, criminal activity, business fraud or mismanagement, misappropriation of assets, intellectual property or real property theft, and more.

Litigation Support Services

Information and unimpeachable facts help win lawsuits. Cranston Capital Investigations works closely with in-house legal counsel and outside law firms to identify and obtain the evidentiary information necessary to build and win legal cases. CCI's litigation support services include witness identification and location, asset and imaging identification, discovery and e-discovery, file and email recovery, electronic and physical evidence tracing and evaluation. CCI's team can also work with legal counsel to prepare for in-court testimony, witness testimony, and evidence presentation.

Computer Forensics

Data is the lifeline for most companies. Loss of data or breach in data security is a real risk and a potential catastrophe. Cranston Capital Investigations' investigative team includes corporate security experts, forensic accountants, and computer forensic experts who assess potential risks and make recommendations for securing data, financial and intellectual property assets. In situations where systems are breached and/or information is lost, CCI's team of investigators and forensic experts can trace the source of the breach, track the trail of the data or assets, recover data deleted or missing from computer hard drives and networks, and conduct vulnerability assessments to recommend systems and processes to provide greater future security.

Security Consulting

Security is an issue for companies and corporate executives alike. Cranston Capital Investigations' security consulting services are broad-based and address physical, personal and asset security. CCI's team of security experts can assess threats and potential vulnerabilities in the security of physical infrastructure, as well as provide physical security detail, as needed. Our team can also provide executive protection, both domestically and internationally. Our countermeasure experts can identify potential external and internal security breaches, making recommendations to reduce the vulnerabilities. Should a breach occur, CCI's investigative team will trace the trail of the breach to identify those involved and recover the missing data or assets.

Employee Background Screening

Knowing all you can about potential employees, partners, or board members before you hire them or merge operations with another entity is the best way to protect your company, its reputation and its assets. Cranston Capital Investigations provides comprehensive employee background screening services to ensure you have all the information needed to make the right personnel decisions. CCI's background screenings uncover any hidden information that could become potential liabilities for your company. We investigate past employment and business ownership, past criminal and civil ligation and judgments, tax liens, judgments, bankruptcies, SEC and FINRA filings, financial due diligence, and more.

Risk and Compliance

Every company must adhere to rules and regulations, such as federal, state, and local laws, industry regulations and codes of ethics, covering everything from business operations to financial management to reporting procedures. Cranston Capital Investigations' risk and compliance experts will provide the due diligence to obtain information to ensure potential customers, partners and all business targets are in compliance with all regulations and laws, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and will not bring any undue risk to your business.

Our team has the skill and expertise to address your investigative needs. Call Cranston Capital Investigations today at (212) 799-9465 to see the difference experience makes!

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International Asset Search

An investor group lost more than $5 million with a high-profile asset manager who did not disclose that he was investing their dollars in high-risk derivatives. The plaintiffs' attorney called upon CCI investigators to identify and locate the manager's assets.

By employing a combination of investigatory methods and interviews with industry sources, CCI found several investment fund companies in the Cayman Islands run by the manager. CCI's asset search team also located significant assets throughout the U.S., enabling investors to recoup a large percentage of their losses.