Ownership and benefit
Who ultimately owns, controls or benefits from the deal?
Pre-Investment Threat Checklist
Ten direct questions designed to expose gaps before money, authority or trust is committed.
Do you know who is really behind the deal - and could you defend your decision?
Before you sign.
Before you fund.
Before the money moves.
Proposed
Deal
Risk unresolved
True owner
Control
Connected parties
Payments
Evidence
Inside the checklist
Ten questions. Six areas of risk.
The Pre-Investment Threat Checklist tests ten direct questions across the six core areas shown here. Download the PDF for the full questions, explanations and warning signs to consider before proceeding.
One hidden owner, undeclared relationship, criminal link or unexplained payment can change the entire risk of a deal.
Criminal and suspicious links
Whether the people, companies or intermediaries are connected to fraud, money laundering, organised crime or other suspicious activity.
Conflicts and concealed interests
Whether supposedly independent parties share undisclosed relationships or financial interests.
Claims and history
Whether claims and past business activity can be proved independently.
Funds and payments
Source of wealth, source of funds and whether the money follows the story.
A defensible decision
Whether the evidence supports the decision if it is later challenged.
Free four-page PDF
Use the Pre-Investment Threat Checklist before you proceed.
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Risk and exposure
The risk of getting decisions wrong.
A decision can appear reasonable when the information presented looks complete. The exposure arises when conventional checks examine people, companies and transactions separately - and miss the critical data points connecting them.
Visible file
Person · Company · Documents
Wider network
Ownership · Relationships · Money
Network Intelligence connects ownership, control, relationships, digital identifiers and payment routes. It can reveal risks that separate checks may never bring into view.
- Loss of funds or investment capital
- Regulatory exposure, investigation or fines
- Reputational damage and loss of stakeholder confidence
- Exposure to fraud, money laundering or organised crime
- Cyber attack, data compromise or payment diversion
- Legal disputes and a decision that is difficult to defend
The threat is rarely confined to the name you were given.
It may sit in the wider network around the deal - and only become visible after money, authority or trust has been committed.
One hidden link can change the whole deal.
See the network. Understand the threat. Defend the decision.
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