Spotlight | United States
Kroll versus Kroll, the 2021 round

Saudi Arabia
PIF engages corporate investigators to probe misspending at Neom

A Public Investment Fund's probe completed last spring found evidence of financial trickery and over-spending at Neom. In response, the Saudi government has decided to enlist the support of outside investigators in the region. Sources close to the work say the true scale of spending on Western firms is much larger than has been reported.

United Kingdom
From K2 Integrity to Nigeria, Lebanese fraudster uses rivals' probes in legal battle

Elie Taktouk, a businessman found guilty of fraud, has used the findings of investigations previously ordered into his affairs by his former business associates to prove that he did not have the money to pay them.

Spotlight | Bahrain
Bahraini government enlists K2 Integrity on wide-ranging national oil company corruption investigation

Investigators at Jules Kroll's K2 Integrity spent a year investigating insider dealing at Bahrain's state oil group. Its findings were used last month to confirm the prosecution of a senior engineer at the group.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
FBI/CIA veterans team in Boston, CT woos AUKUS clients, K2 receives French help to launch in Riyadh

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

BostonCIA and FBI veterans team up in Massachusetts

CanberraCT Group adviser Mark Carleton-Smith woos new defence clients for AUKUS

RiyadhFrench senior civil servant helps K2 Integrity set up shop in Saudi Arabia

United States
K2 investigates the world of beauty

The hair and skincare company Head Kandy claims that founder Kayla McNeill fraudulently billed it for lavish personal expenses. A K2 report the beauty company submitted itemized a long list of charges the investigative firm deemed to be improper, which McNeill denied.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
K2, Jonathan Benton, The Ambassador Partnership, Talos

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to New York, London, Paris and Kyiv.

New YorkK2's NY office has busy agenda.

LondonAnti-corruption investigator Jonathan Benton sets up foundation.

Paris/LondonESL & Network teams with Britain's The Ambassador Partnership.

KyivCisco Talos mobilised to counter Russian cyber activism in Ukraine.

Cyprus, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
KPMG and Kroll forensic experts focus on Kazakh recycling

To defend their side of the legal wrangle between the previous and current management of Kazakh paper recycling firm Kagazy that came to a close in December, Maksat Arip and Tomas Werner sought help from forensics investigators at KPMG and Kroll.

Spotlight | United States
Stone Point at the heart of Kroll versus Kroll legal battle

Behind the legal battle being fought over the Kroll name by the leading business intelligence companies, Kroll and K2 Integrity, there are major financial considerations. The trial has revealed that, despite the fierce competition between them, the two firms came very close to merging under the leadership of Stone Point Capital.

United Kingdom
West Sands founders take on new roles - one goes solo and one to Sibylline

Business intelligence experts Tamara Markarenko and Daphne Biliouri, who used to work together at West Sands Advisory, have returned to the market via different paths.

Hong Kong
Ex-Kroll bureau chief Richard Dailly still believes in Hong Kong's private investigation market

Despite the pressure from Beijing, Hong Kong continues to attract private investigation firms.

United Kingdom
Jason Wright reteams with Krolls at K2, marking end of Argo Associates

Hong Kong private investigation veteran Jason Wright is closing his firm Argo Associates to join K2 Integrity in London.

United Kingdom
Probe into property king Terry Rosenberg's firm brings Kroll back to South Africa

Hired by the Singapore-based fund EuroFin Asia, Kroll's team of investigators is looking into the South African financier Terry Rosenberg's evaporated millions.