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How to Choose an Investigation or Due Diligence Firm
The firms that promise the most are usually the ones proposing methods you cannot defend.
6 min read · Alpha Intel Advisory
What to Ask
Six questions separate a professional practice from a supplier of claims.
- What exactly is in scope, and what is excluded?
- Which sources will be used, and are they lawful?
- How is a finding corroborated before it is reported?
- How are limitations reported?
- Who will see the file, and how is it stored and destroyed?
- What will you refuse to do?
Warning Signs
Guaranteed findings, offers of call records or bank statements, fixed prices for undefined scope, and a reluctance to put method in writing.
A Reasonable Expectation
A written mandate, a defined timeline, a report that distinguishes fact from inference, and a firm that says plainly what it could not establish.
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