The client was considering a major partnership in one of the post-Soviet countries. The difficulty was that access to official data there is limited, while the candidate confidently presented himself as a successful and reliable entrepreneur.
It was impossible to check him by standard methods — and the cost of a mistake when entering a joint business is far too high.
“The absence of information about a person is information too. Especially when they try hard to appear transparent.”
We established that the potential partner was a fraudster who had previously caused significant damage to other counterparties.
The client declined the deal and avoided direct financial losses and reputational risk.
Case details have been changed or anonymized to preserve client confidentiality.
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