# Fortaris Capital Advisors

> Independent corporate intelligence and investigations firm with federal investigative pedigree (Former DHS Office of Inspector General, US Treasury, INS/Border Patrol, state attorney offices) plus CPA forensic-accounting and ACFE Certified Fraud Examiner depth. Senior-led, discreet, evidentiary, nationwide. Headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Every engagement is led by a Managing Director. Flagship specialty: International / Cross-Border Due Diligence — independent verification of American companies, executives, and counterparties for foreign investors, international counsel, and offshore principals.

## Practice Areas
- [International Due Diligence](https://www.fortariscapital.com/services/international-due-diligence): For foreign investors, international counsel, and offshore counterparties evaluating American companies, executives, and partners — Fortaris delivers US-licensed verification, due diligence, and cross-border fraud investigation.
- [Corporate Intelligence](https://www.fortariscapital.com/services/corporate-intelligence): Independent corporate intelligence for investment committees, boards, and senior counsel. Investigative due diligence, executive vetting, reputational profiles, and competitive intelligence — led by former federal investigators.
- [Investigative Services](https://www.fortariscapital.com/services/investigative-services): Corporate and white-collar investigations led by former federal investigators and credentialed fraud examiners. Internal investigations, fraud examination, asset tracing, regulatory matters — discreet and evidentiary.
- [Litigation Support & Economic Damages](https://www.fortariscapital.com/services/litigation-support): Economic-damages and financial-loss analysis, lost-earnings and lost-profits modeling, forensic accounting, expert testimony, and litigation investigations. Federal investigative pedigree, CPA and ACFE-credentialed, senior-led.
- [Security Services](https://www.fortariscapital.com/services/security-services): Enterprise security risk advisory, executive protection (domestic + international), vulnerability and threat assessments, crisis management, and the Ad-Hoc Outsourced CSO engagement. Federal investigative pedigree, senior-led.

## Insights
- [How an OSINT Investigation Actually Works: Method, Limits, and What a Firm Adds Beyond the Tools](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/how-an-osint-investigation-actually-works-method-limits-and-what-a-firm-adds): How an OSINT investigation is actually run: scoping, source classes, corroboration, chain of custody, the legal limits, and what open sources cannot settle.
- [Close Protection Services: What a Detail Actually Does Day to Day, and When It Is Worth Engaging](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/close-protection-services-what-a-detail-actually-does-day-to-day): What close protection services involve day to day: advance work, secure movement, residence and travel coverage, and the threat assessment that sizes it.
- [Competitive Intelligence for Deal Teams and Boards](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/competitive-intelligence-for-deal-teams-and-boards): Competitive intelligence for deal teams and boards: the questions it answers, where the answers come from, and why elicitation under pretext is not an option.
- [Corporate Fraud Investigation: What the First Thirty Days Look Like](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/corporate-fraud-investigation-what-the-first-thirty-days-look-like): What the first thirty days of a corporate fraud investigation involve: preservation, the perimeter, evidence that survives challenge, and interview sequencing.
- [PEP Screening: What a Hit Actually Means, and How It Gets Resolved](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/pep-screening-what-a-hit-actually-means-and-how-it-gets-resolved): PEP screening explained: what a hit means, why commercial lists disagree, the four steps that resolve an alert, and what regulators look for on examination.
- [Third-Party Risk Management: The Investigative Layer a Platform Cannot Provide](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/third-party-risk-management-the-investigative-layer-a-platform-cannot-provide): Third-party risk management platforms screen and monitor; they cannot verify. The four gaps only investigation closes, and when to escalate a vendor to it.
- [Asset Tracing for Judgment Enforcement: What Attorneys Can Actually Recover](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/asset-tracing-for-judgment-enforcement-what-attorneys-can-actually-recover): Asset tracing for judgment enforcement: what post-judgment discovery reaches, the records that prove ownership, and why a located asset is not yet collectible.
- [Investigative Due Diligence for Private Equity: Vetting Management Before the Close](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/investigative-due-diligence-for-private-equity-vetting-management-before-the-clo): Investigative due diligence for private equity: management background investigations, undisclosed litigation, prior entities and rollover-partner risk.
- [How to Choose a Due Diligence Company (and What to Ask Before You Sign)](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/how-to-choose-a-due-diligence-company-and-what-to-ask-before-you-sign): How to choose a due diligence company: the four professions sold under one phrase, questions to ask before you sign, and the red flags that predict a thin one.
- [Vendor Due Diligence Investigations: What Screening Platforms Can't See](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/vendor-due-diligence-investigations-what-screening-platforms-can-t-see): What a vendor due diligence investigation covers that third-party screening platforms cannot: real beneficial ownership, unindexed state-court litigation, whether the operation physically exists, undisclosed internal relationships, and human-source reputation — plus when to escalate, what it costs, and what the record is worth afterwards.
- [How to Choose a Corporate Intelligence Firm](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/how-to-choose-a-corporate-intelligence-firm): A practical guide to selecting a corporate intelligence firm: the market's three tiers, senior-led versus leveraged teams, conflicts and independence, how to read a sample report, pricing models, and the five questions that separate providers.
- [Corporate Investigation Services: What Each Type Covers and Which One Your Situation Calls For](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/corporate-investigation-services-what-each-type-covers-and-which-one-your-situat): The six corporate investigation disciplines explained — fraud and financial investigations, internal and workplace investigations, investigative due diligence, asset tracing, litigation support, and threat assessment — with the situation each one answers, what it produces, and how the work is scoped and priced.
- [Security and Threat Assessment for Family Offices](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/security-threat-assessment-family-offices): What a security and threat assessment for a family office covers: principals and the next generation, household staff, the digital footprint adversaries use for reconnaissance, and travel — and what proportionate protection looks like.
- [Internal and Workplace Investigations: When a Company Has to Investigate Itself](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/internal-workplace-investigations-when-a-company-investigates-itself): When a company has to investigate itself: who can credibly run an internal investigation, how privilege and evidence handling work, what a whistleblower changes, and what an independent investigator produces.
- [What Is Investigative Due Diligence?](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/what-is-investigative-due-diligence): What investigative due diligence is, who performs it, what it costs, what it covers and what it cannot — and how it differs from a background check and from financial and legal review.
- [Pre-Litigation Due Diligence: What a Litigator Gets From an Investigator Before Filing](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/pre-litigation-due-diligence-before-filing): Pre-litigation due diligence for attorneys: verifying the defendant, testing collectability, catching assets already in motion, and satisfying Rule 11's pre-filing inquiry.
- [Security Risk and Threat Assessments for Corporations, Executives and Families](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/security-risk-threat-assessment-corporations-executives-families): What a security risk and threat assessment covers, the difference between behavioural and organisational assessment, when to commission one, and the legal exposure.
- [Cross-Border Fraud: The Legal Remedies That Actually Recover the Money](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/cross-border-fraud-legal-remedies-asset-recovery): The remedies that actually recover funds after cross-border fraud: the wire-recall window, freezing orders, Section 1782 discovery, MLAT, and enforcing judgments abroad.
- [Due Diligence for Family Offices: Protecting Capital and Reputation](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/due-diligence-for-family-offices): The investigative side of family-office due diligence: vetting managers and co-investments, screening trusted staff, source of wealth, and reputation.
- [Source of Wealth & Source of Funds: How the Money Is Verified](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/source-of-wealth-source-of-funds-verification): Source of wealth vs source of funds: the difference, when AML rules require each, and why they're verified by independent corroboration, not client attestation.
- [Due Diligence for Private Equity: A Deal Team's Playbook](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/private-equity-due-diligence-playbook): The integrity side of private-equity due diligence: management, beneficial ownership, sanctions, and anti-corruption exposure across the deal lifecycle.
- [The Corporate Transparency Act in 2026: What the Rollback Means for Beneficial-Ownership Diligence](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/corporate-transparency-act-2026-beneficial-ownership-diligence): Corporate Transparency Act 2026: upheld in court, then narrowed by regulation to ~20,000 filers. What the beneficial-ownership rollback means for diligence.
- [Due Diligence in Miami: Why South Florida Deals Demand a Deeper Look](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/due-diligence-miami-south-florida): Why due diligence in Miami demands more: international and Latin-American capital, shell-company real estate, and the nation's highest per-capita fraud.
- [Inside a Cross-Border Asset Trace: An Anonymized Methodology](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/inside-a-cross-border-asset-trace-methodology): How a cross-border asset trace actually works, phase by phase: triage, subject mapping, registry and financial-flow analysis, ownership piercing, and recovery.
- [Litigation Support Services: Economic Damages, Asset Tracing, and Testimony That Holds Up](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/litigation-support-services-economic-damages-asset-tracing): Litigation support services explained: economic-damages quantification, forensic accounting, asset tracing, and expert testimony under Rule 702.
- [Executive Protection for Corporate Leaders: When to Engage It and What It Costs](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/executive-protection-for-corporate-leaders): What executive protection services actually cover: standing details vs. travel and event coverage, what an executive protection agent is trained and licensed to do, what drives cost, close protection abroad, and when a threat assessment should come first.
- [Due Diligence for Foreign Investors Entering the U.S. Market](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/due-diligence-for-foreign-investors-us-market): How a foreign investor verifies a U.S. company before investing: entity, ownership, litigation, sanctions and CFIUS, and the on-the-ground reality.
- [Corporate Intelligence Services: Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/corporate-intelligence-services-faq): Corporate intelligence services explained: what they are, how they differ from a background check, who uses them, typical cost, and how to choose a firm.
- [Enhanced Due Diligence Before an Acquisition: A Buyer's Checklist](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/enhanced-due-diligence-before-acquisition-checklist): A buyer's checklist for enhanced due diligence before an acquisition: management integrity, beneficial ownership, sanctions and FCPA risk, source of wealth, and how to time it in the deal.
- [How to Verify a U.S. Company Before You Sign](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/verify-us-company-before-signing-contract): A guide for foreign investors and counsel on verifying a US company's registration, ownership, litigation, and sanctions exposure before signing.
- [Cross-Border Fraud Investigation: How It Works](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/cross-border-fraud-investigation-how-it-works): How cross-border fraud investigations work: jurisdiction, asset tracing, beneficial-ownership analysis, evidence standards, and recovery pathways.
- [Sanctions & Reputational Due Diligence: The M&A Playbook — Three Checks, and Where Each One Stops](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/sanctions-reputational-due-diligence-ma-playbook): An M&A playbook for integrating OFAC sanctions screening, adverse-media review and character checks into the deal timeline — and where each check stops.
- [White-Collar Crime Investigations, Explained](https://www.fortariscapital.com/insights/white-collar-crime-investigations-explained): How white-collar crime is investigated: common schemes, internal investigations under privilege, forensic accounting, the CFE standard, and evidence handling.

## Firm
- [Leadership](https://www.fortariscapital.com/leadership): Managing Directors with senior federal investigative and corporate-security pedigree.
- [About](https://www.fortariscapital.com/about): An independent intelligence firm built on federal pedigree.
- [Contact](https://www.fortariscapital.com/contact): Confidential intake. (313) 612-4990 · info@fortariscapital.com