Investigation Services

    Background Checks
  • At Cotal Systems, Inc. we conduct background checking services for businesses including a Business Partner Screening service, as well as a variety of other services including pre-employment screening,criminal records checks, civil court records searches, driving records and credit checks. We specialize in international Investor Due Diligence research for capital market lenders, fund of funds, and family offices within the alternative investment community. By providing timely, cost effective investigative services, our clients have gained a significant advantage by minimizing the exposure of their capital to undue risk.

  • Cotal Systems was founded in 1985, incorporated in the state of Connecticut in 1995 and specializes in background screening services for global financial service firms. We have investigated thousands of managers and hundreds funds to date and maintain a database of this information for on demand retrieval.

Our Fraud Examiners

All of our Fraud Examiners are members of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and most hold advanced degrees. Before starting his own investigation company, our founder enjoyed a corporate career as an efficiency expert for software developers, assessing their skills and tools, and then recommending procedures to reduce error rates and improve overall productivity. Academic credentials include a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Tufts University, and a Masters degree from Rensselaer. He is a member of several investigative and professional societies, including the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the World Association of Detectives (WAD). He was also mentioned in a May 24, 2004 Business Week article entitled "Hotshots with Hidden Rapsheets".

The Due Diligence Background Report came about as a collaborative effort. Contributors on the team included US based capital market due diligence analysts and Wall Street compliance officers. The international Fraud Audit was created with the assistance of a former New Scotland Yard financial fraud detective. The report requirements were developed first for the US, then for the UK. We have now delivered background checks on companies and managers based in countries from every continent around the world.

Our Investigative Process

Our success comes from a unique combination of investigative experience and operational know how. CheckFundManager.com is the only investigative company we are aware of whose two fundamental operational principles are process quality and operational efficiency. Our founder used the skills honed as an efficiency expert to hire the best people possible and develop the underlying technical infrastructure needed to support their efforts. We have diligently applied these principles to the investigative due diligence background check report process. This means that facts are checked, verified with alternative sources, and then checked again. It also provides assurance to our clients that the information presented to is factual, timely, and extremely accurate.

Our most important asset is our investigation team of fraud examiners. They are focused and very skilled at taking minimal information and being able to effectively identify a manager's full name, date of birth, and social security number, even when his name is common. From there they know how to continue the investigative process to examine regulatory records, civil and criminal proceedings, verify educational degrees, company affiliations, professional financial societies, and determine property valuations, locate liens and judgments.

Lawsuits are identified ranging from simple breach of contract disputes to major Federal RICO and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 violations. A final expert examination of financial media and Internet publications contributes to a biographical summary at the top of each report. Throughout this process, the fraud examiner utilizes hundreds of proprietary data sources we have at our disposal to complete the investigation.

In addition to our efficiency, the volume of work that we deliver helps keeps our costs down, which are passed along as savings to our clients. Our Due Diligence Background Reports are so popular that we have been able to price the report based on the assumption that the manager or fund will be investigated more than once.

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