May 2008

Financial investigators, bankruptcy trustees, judgment creditors, etc., sometimes research**  the following kinds of records / databases as part of a low-cost asset search:

  • Real Estate Searches: Some government databases provide for free real property searches, like New York City’s Automated City Register System (“ACRIS”) at “http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/jump/acris.shtml”.  ACRIS permits one to search

Mr. Reinaldo Cestero is a private investigator and a retired Chief Deputy United States Marshal, who works in Puerto Rico.  I asked Mr. Cestero about the superseding indictment filed in U.S.A. v. Acevedo-Vila, et. al., which charged Puerto Rico’s Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila, (and /or twelve co-defendants), with: conspiracy; false statements; wire fraud;

The divorcing spouse was suspected of hiding marital assets & the divorcing spouse’s personal computer may have contained secret financial information.  The divorcing spouse had removed this computer from the marital residence in anticipation of the divorce.  In this situation, a forensic examination of the divorcing spouse’s computer might help.

If given physical access to