Fortaris Capital Advisors

Intelligence beyond investigation.

Corporate intelligence, investigative due diligence, litigation support, security advisory, and cross-border verification — for law firms, private equity, family offices, and international principals evaluating American counterparties.

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Years federal investigative and corporate security pedigree

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Vetted specialist subcontractors in our national network

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States covered — nationwide reach via our Managing Director network

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Senior-led — every engagement led by a Managing Director

Senior federal investigative pedigree.

Every Fortaris engagement is led by a Managing Director with federal investigative or corporate security leadership credentials. Not by an associate. Not delegated.

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Founder & CEO · Bloomfield Hills, MI + Southwest Florida

Kevin M. Cronin MBA

Former Special Agent, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, with over 23 years of law enforcement experience and an MBA. Former VP, Global Crisis Management & Security at a Fortune-class e-commerce operator. Founded Fortaris to bring federal-grade investigative judgment to the corporate, legal, and family-office matters where the cost of being wrong is highest.

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Ann Arbor, MI · Toledo, OH

Chief Operating Officer

Todd Dennis

Former DHS OIG — Special Agent in Charge. 30+ years federal investigative + multi-jurisdictional emergency response; undercover narcotics and joint-task-force command experience.

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Kansas City, MO

Managing Director

Catherine LaneMBA, EA

Forensic Accounting · Enrolled Agent · MBA. 20+ years corporate and small-business financial forensics; leads the firm's litigation-accounting and damages-quantification matters.

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Washington, DC + Northern Florida

Managing Director

Dennis M. McGunagle

Former DHS Deputy Assistant IG for Investigations · US Army. 40+ years federal investigative leadership; led complex multi-agency investigations spanning federal civil and criminal jurisdictions.

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Miami, FL

Managing Director

Jay Donly

Former DHS OIG Director of Field Ops · US Treasury · INS. 30+ years federal and state investigative service; specialty in cross-border, border-state, and Latin-American matters.

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Portrait of Jon Chmura

Detroit, MI

Director, Security & Investigations

Jon ChmuraCFE

Certified Fraud Examiner · ACFE Member #1073747. 10+ years corporate investigations at a global financial-services firm. Credentialed under the ACFE four-domain standard.

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Oakland County, MI

Managing Director

Todd Allen

Former DHS OIG · IRS-CID · TIGTA — Special Agent of the Year. 25 years as a federal Special Agent across IRS Criminal Investigation, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and the DHS Office of Inspector General — specializing in money laundering, bank and wire fraud, public corruption, and asset forfeiture. As a DEA Task Force Officer he indicted the largest money-laundering case ever filed in the Eastern District of Michigan, a $100M charge against a cocaine-trafficking organization, and was named Inspector General's Special Agent of the Year. A certified undercover agent and former Federal Law Enforcement Training Center instructor, he today also serves Oakland County in risk, compliance, and executive protection.

Practices

Five practices. One standard.

Each engagement is led by a Managing Director — supported by specialists drawn from intelligence, accounting, and law enforcement.

01Flagship

Verifying an American company — from abroad.

Verification, due diligence, and investigative support for foreign investors and offshore counterparties evaluating American companies, executives, and partners.

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Corporate Intelligence

Pre-deal due diligence, executive vetting, reputational profiles, and competitive intelligence for investment committees and senior counsel.

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Investigative Services

Internal investigations, white-collar matters, fraud examination, asset tracing, and regulatory-compliance investigations led by former federal investigators.

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Litigation Support & Economic Damages

Economic damages and financial-loss analysis — lost-earnings and lost-profits quantification, business-income reconstruction, forensic accounting, and asset tracing — alongside case assessment, eDiscovery, expert reports, and testimony. For plaintiff and defense, at trial, arbitration, and ADR.

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Security Services

Vulnerability and threat assessments, executive protection, travel risk briefings, business continuity, crisis management, and corporate security advisory.

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Ad-Hoc Outsourced CSO

Enterprise security leadership without the full-time hire.

For select corporate clients, Fortaris embeds as an outsourced Chief Security Officer — managing hiring and background investigations, asset protection programs, corporate security policy, executive protection, and crisis-management readiness across US and international operations.

Mid-market companies access enterprise-grade security leadership without committing to a full-time C-suite hire.

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Why Fortaris

Four reasons firms choose us.

Independent.
Privately held, mid-market scale, free of the conflicts of global accounting or consulting parents. Engagements are confidential, principal-led, structured around the matter — not around firm-wide cross-sell.
Senior-led on every matter.
Every engagement is led by a Managing Director with decades of federal investigative, corporate security, or financial forensics experience. Median MD tenure is 25+ years federal.
Nationwide reach. Cross-border specialty.
Headquartered in Michigan with Managing Directors stationed across the country and a network of 200+ vetted specialists — engagements supported nationwide, and one of the few US firms positioned for foreign principals evaluating American companies.
Discreet by design.
We do not market to consumer matters. Engagements are with corporations, law firms, investors, family offices, and government — with selective exceptions for high-net-worth principals. Our practice is built around the confidentiality those clients require.

Industries

Where diligence is the deciding factor.

  • Law Firms

    Litigation intelligence, expert testimony, pre-suit diligence.

  • Private Equity

    Investigative due diligence, executive vetting, portfolio-company investigations.

  • Corporations & Boards

    Internal investigations, fraud examination, corporate security advisory.

  • Family Offices

    Reputational due diligence, executive vetting, principal protection.

  • Insurance

    Fraud investigations, suspicious-claim review, asset tracing, claims-related forensics.

  • Healthcare & Education

    Compliance investigations, executive vetting, regulatory matters.

Adjacent — Government & Municipalities · Automotive Manufacturing · Energy & Infrastructure · Real Estate · Technology

Flagship Specialty

Verifying an American company — from abroad.

For foreign investors · International counsel · Sovereign funds

For international firms, sovereign funds, and counsel evaluating US targets, Fortaris delivers the independent verification, due diligence, and investigative support that protects cross-border decisions — before contracts are signed, before capital is deployed, before reputational exposure is taken.

US company background investigations

American executive vetting

Cross-border fraud investigation

US sanctions + regulatory screening

Distributor + supplier verification

Investigative DD for inbound M&A

Coverage

Nationwide coverage. One vetted network.

Engagements supported throughout the United States via Managing Director coverage and a network of 200+ vetted specialist subcontractors.

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Headquarters + Southwest Florida

Kevin M. Cronin

Detroit, MI

Investigations

Jon Chmura, CFE

Ann Arbor / Toledo

Michigan + Ohio

Todd Dennis

Kansas City, MO

Central US

Catherine Lane, MBA, EA

Washington, DC

Federal + Northern Florida

Dennis M. McGunagle

Miami, FL

South Florida + Caribbean

Jay Donly

Discuss your matter — in confidence.

Confidential intake · Same-day response · No obligation

Every Fortaris engagement begins with a confidential conversation about your matter, your timeline, and the questions you need answered.

For sensitive matters, reach Kevin Cronin directly: (833) 343-2164