By Chris Cochran

I keep going back to an excellent Mintz Group article from 2010 that I’ve used (and shared) many times over since it was first published to demonstrate some due diligence traps that can have serious impacts on businesses and investors. It’s a great supporting document when a client questions the time – and expense – a background check or other due diligence investigation is taking. The article, “Beyond Madoff: Eight Lessons from Recent Due Diligence Background-Checking Gone Wrong,” bubbled up in my thoughts recently as I continued reading installments in a seven-part series the Wall Street Journal has been publishing for subscribers on financial crimes that “rocked” the U.S.

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