BART and San Francisco Bay Area Ferries BART is a very good transit system with very outdated payment technology. The machines that accept cards can only sell up to 5 transit cards. To buy a card you have to … Read More
Russian Sanctions, A Panel Discussion
Russian Sanctions, A Panel Discussion Link to posted discussion http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bekkercompliancechat/2014/07/30/useu-sanctions-v-russia-global-impact-on-the-financial-services-industry This is a link … Read More
AirBNB.com
AirBNB.com Airbnb.com is a service dedicated to finding alternative dwelling rentals for the traveler and adventurer who does not what to spend money on a hotel or is looking for a different, more authentic … Read More
Due Diligence: Red Flags On Investment Schemes
Everyone has their own biases when investing and I am certainly not immune. One bias that has nothing to do with any factual support is anyone wearing Qiana shirts. This was a big thing back when I was an … Read More
Locating Yachts
Locating Yachts So, you are looking for a Yacht? For the uninitiated it can be a very difficult process, but much can be done to hunt down a Yacht, knowing its history and its possible whereabouts. Hull Number … Read More
The iPhone Hacks The iCloud
The iPhone Hacks The iCloud Any read of Aegis has seen our comments about security and the cloud – THERE IS NO SECUTIY IN THE CLOUD. Yet again, we are confounded by another attack on cloud computing. Via the … Read More
My Oligarch Has Been Sanctioned
My Oligarch Has Been Sanctioned It happened despite as silly as it may seem it really did happen. One of our cherished and best of our Graymen was working for a client that was sanctioned. When one runs an … Read More
Cell Phone Vulnerabilities
Cell Phone Vulnerabilities What Cell Phone OS is most vulnerable -‐ From Phys.org (edited) Good news! Android OS has around 80% of the total market share. This is in part due to price and the range of devices … Read More
6 Countries, 4 presentations, 28 days
6 Countries, 4 presentations, 28 days New York, NY – 2 days of AML training. It was a good class, but some still do not seem to understand how a broker dealer – that accepts no cash can be used for money … Read More
Iraqi Dinar
Iraqi Dinar I have watched this rube of an investment idea for years. The heart of the rube assumptions is that the Iraqi dinar will be revalued upward. At 1,168 to the US dollar – it more or less makes sense to … Read More
Air Travel
Air Travel Is it better than a long caravan or sea voyage? – yes. Are some flights better than others? – oh, heck yes. Are some seating configurations better than others? – uh huh. The good thing about … Read More
Due Diligence – The High Net Worth Individual’s Circus
High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) do not play by the rules, or at least the rules the rest of us have to play by. It is both part of their success and part of their charm. I have enjoyed working with my HNWIs … Read More
Wisdom of Crowds
Wisdom of Crowds For us old folks – yeah, those of us over 50. We knew how to do our due diligence. We just asked everyone in our community about the realtors, the butcher, the lawyer, the stock broker and we … Read More
Online Business Strategy and Media Buying
Online Business Strategy and Media Buying How would you like to have a guaranteed promotional strategy for your business? Would you like to know exactly how much every dollar you spend in advertising will … Read More
The Big Event
The Big Event It has been many months since this event and enough time and distance has passed so that by writing about this now no confidence or security will be breached. Several months ago a very famous Latin … Read More
SpyWarn – App
SpyWarn - App The SpyWarn app from Kevin Murray and Associates is $2.99 and is a gem of an app. Not sure if that virus software you installed on your phone is catching everything? Well it’s not! Professionals … Read More
Those who do not go away
Those who do not go away Few of you may actually know what I am talking about, but those who have suffered from these people know the rest of this story without reading it. None of us are Saints. If the truth be … Read More
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas BNP Paribas is going to get a mighty big fine. The street estimates are in the range of 5 to 10 billion dollars. The bankers are riled up about unfair treatment and are haranguingFrançois … Read More
American Pastoral, by Phillip Roth
American Pastoral, by Phillip Roth Ok, so it won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. It really is a work of art and it caused a real dialogue between the reader and the author. The prose crafts pictures in the … Read More
Projections
Projections I am inherently distrustful of projections. For too many years as an investment banker I reviewed business plans and their projections. If you asked any of the authors of the projections- no matter what … Read More
Warehouse Receipts
Warehouse Receipts What is a warehouse receipt? It is a title of goods stored by a warehouse. This title, or warehouse receipt, can be in a bearer form or it can be issued to in entity specific form. From the … Read More
Language Fluency
Language Fluency When traveling, it is insufficient to have a team member just ‘get by’ in speaking the foreign language of the country in which you are travelling; you need to have at least one team member … Read More
MTN Trading Programs
MTN Trading Programs There have been frauds since they first surfaced. But they, like pesky Nigerian inheritance scams and lotto winnings, just do not seem to go away. An example from Treasury.Gov as an opening … Read More
Poaching, the Animal Trade and Money Laundering
Poaching, the Animal Trade and Money Laundering The video is an effort to share with our readers a bit more about the illegal trade in poached animals in East Africa and how the money from the poaching is … Read More
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street Our view is a bit different from the side of frauds. One only has to see the destruction that fraud wrecks upon their victims to find what was done to be utterly reprehensible. The … Read More
International Due Diligence Association
International Due Diligence Association Dubai Launch Event Hosted by Allied Compliance Consultants Dubai – UAE June 23rd – 24th,, 2014 http://www.acc-co.com … Read More
The American Anti-Corruption Institute
The American Anti-Corruption Institute Jordan Launch Event Hosted by Albatross Consulting Dead Sea - Jordan June 18th – 19th, 2014 … Read More
International Associations of Financial Management
International Associations of Financial Management Athens, Greece Anti Money Laundering and Compliance June 10th – 13th, 2014 … Read More
Money Laundering and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance
Money Laundering and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance Club Quarters Hotel, Manhattan June 4th - 5th, 2014, New York City … Read More
8th Annual Fraud and Forensic Accounting Education Conference
8th Annual Fraud and Forensic Accounting Education Conference Hyatt Regency Savanna Georgia May 15th-16th 2014 … Read More
Due Diligence: Digital Currency
Linden Dollars, Liberty Dollars, e-Gold, Bitcoins are all Fiat Currencies issued by entities with some form of limiting mechanism so that they just don’t keep issuing bazillions of digital dollars - like some … Read More
NGO’s and Charities
NGO’s and Charities NGO’s and Charities have slowly evolved, under the radar, to become significant channels for laundering money. Charities alone in the US received 320 billion dollars. About 2% to 3% of US … Read More
Carl, the Loud Investment Banker
Carl, the Loud Investment Banker Location: Birmingham, Alabama airport. Point of reference: Carl is a very loud investment banker taking on his cell phone. Carl was making a long call and walking up and down … Read More
2 Teams at Once
2 Teams at Once The following story is from one of our scouts is a quick but interesting tale about how well-thought our plans go afoul despite precise planning and good intentions. Our scout was at a famous … Read More
Widows XP – Soon To Be A Legacy
Widows XP - Soon To Be A Legacy On April 8th 2014 Microsoft will end support for Windows XP. An event of planned obsolescence, yet many computers still run XP as it really was one of MS’s best operating … Read More
AML and OFAC Applies to State Governments
AML and OFAC Applies to State Governments I had a short conversation, off the record, with several investigators that work for state unemployment agencies. The common complaint was the inertia with regards to … Read More
Victorinox Luggage
Victorinox Luggage Rarely do we pen a complaint on an item a book or a service, but here is a case worth bringing up. The Victorinox Spectra 26, Hardside Spinner, in Blue. Price was about $210.00. The bag, which … Read More
Due Diligence – Flight Capital
Part of due diligence is anticipatory in nature, what risks do you see in your organization, industry, or market space that you can either - assume, transfer, hedge or accept. But also what risk events occur that … Read More