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Many UK clients have been interested in our comprehensive due diligence depth background investigations on potential employees or partners from countries with booming economies (e.g. China, Russia, Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan and Central Asia).
Our purpose is establishing this London office is to provide UK business and legal clients with a rapid and convenient response to their enquiries regarding international investigations problems. Lapidim is committed to delivering high quality investigative services to its clients in the United Kingdom. To achieve this objective, Lapidim's CEO will be personally available for client consulation and support in London. The broad international network of investigators developed by Jacob Lapid over the past 20 years will be available to UK clients through his London office. Investigations will be initiated immediately and positive results are guaranteed. Combining creativity, the best staff, years of experience and successful outcomes, Lapidim is prepared to offer more than simply information; we provide expert guidance in the design of investigative work and unique solutions to our clients' problems. Some of our largest and most complicated cases have arisen from UK clients. For example, Lapidim was hired by a consortium of Israeli companies exporting canned grapefruit to Britain to find out why their sales had plummeted without explanation. We investigated the market, and there had been no change in demand. The search extended to the competitors of this Israeli fruit-consortium. An investigation of the London docklands revealed that the British distributors were receiving shipments of cheaper canned grapefruit from a distributor in the Netherlands. Further investigation in the Netherlands revealed that the owner of the exporting company had made a secret deal with one of the members of the original Israeli consortium, who was undercutting his own partners. Once exposed, the Israeli consortium member had to pay financial compensation to his partners. A London bank board found that 10% of its capital was at high risk of default because of bad loans. Senior bank executives told them that this was due to poor adherence to loaning regulations and poor management, but they were suspicious and engaged Lapidim's investigative services. The scene was reconstructed by graphing the actions of bank employees. Key intelligence sources were developed by interviewing current/former employees, clients, and loan customers. The investigation was extended to other European countries, where loans had been granted. We found that the bank executives had received significant bribes from business customers who were not loan-worthy. These executives built up sophisticated legal and financial mechanisms to hide their unlawful profits using off-shore companies and Swiss bank accounts. Some of the bank executives and loan customers were tried in court using evidence discovered by Lapidim and served time in prison. Almost all of the loss was recovered either directly from the bank executives and loan customers or through the bank's embezzlement insurance. Many UK clients have been interested in our comprehensive due diligence and in-depth background investigations on potential employees or partners from countries with booming economies (e.g. China, Russia, Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan and Central Asia). Our purpose in establishing this London office is to provide UK business and legal clients with a rapid and convenient response to their enquiries regarding international investigation problems. |
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