Investment Investigations
Fraud Prevention and Detection. Don't Just Trust - Investigate.
Before You Invest... InvestDefense.
Do you have investments? Been offered an investment? Trust anybody to manage those investments? We investigate them for you.
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How We Help Investors Just Like You
Any Investment
Retirement Funds, New Opportunities, Real Estate, Partnerships... Uncover the Truth.
Any Professional
Who is proposing or representing this investment? We find out if your trust is in the right hands.
Detecting and Uncovering Fraud and Deceptive Investment Claims
FraudCheck: Investigate Your Financial Advisor
Is your trust in the right hands, are they Legitimate or a Fraud?
Do they have legitimate licensing, education, certifications, other credentials?
Do they have a history of misconduct, lawsuits, complaints, suspicious business practices?
Do our proprietary investigations uncover any ‘Red Flags’ that place your trust in danger?
Our Investigations
1. We conduct all the important due diligence that every investor should do before trusting a financial advisor or professional of any kind, from verifying licenses and certifications with state and federal authorities to misconduct allegations and reports. Then, we dig much deeper by utilizing our proprietary investigations.
2. We conduct an in-depth investigation that goes above and beyond what most people do or know how to do, and beyond what most have access to. We developed our proprietary research and investigative methods to uncover any ‘red flags’ in multiple aspects of the professional’s business, background and conduct, to alert you of any findings.
3. For other investments not managed by a licensed financial professional, our InvestDetective service creates a customized investigation based on your needs to dig deep into the investment in question to uncover any red flags, discrepancies or other issues you should be aware of before or after investing.
FraudCheck ONE
FraudCheck Guardian
FraudCheck ONE
One-Time Investigation of a Financial Professional
FraudCheck Guardian
Persistent On-Going Investigation of a Financial Professional
InvestDetective
Other Custom Specialized Investigations
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Who is "Dr. FraudHunter"?
Dr. RJ Toledo is “Dr. FraudHunter”, the Founder and Director of Research and Investigations at InvestDefense Investigation Agency and Research Park, located on the campus of the University of South Florida. Dr. Toledo is a former FBI Special Agent who led a multitude of federal investigations and had a career specialty in Criminal, Counterintelligence, Science and Technology. Dr. Toledo is currently an officer in the US Air Force Reserves, serving as Lead Engineer for technology insertion and research ambassador for the US Air Force’s educational partnership program at the University of South Florida. Dr. Toledo served in the US Air Force on active duty as Chief of Space Operations and Engineering branches at the National Reconnaissance Office, Crew Commander of ICBM operations, and other national security, space, engineering and intelligence roles. Dr. Toledo holds a Doctorate in Business from the University of South Florida with a focus on behavioral finance, as well as two Master’s degrees in Strategic Intelligence and Space Operations, and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. Dr. Toledo is a private investor in real estate holdings and stock market trading for over 20 years.
Why do investors need InvestDefense?
- Fraud is everywhere
Fraud is a disease, its contagion has spread to affect every part of our lives, and being able to tell the difference between a legitimate action and a fraudulent one has become increasingly difficult if not impossible for everyone. It is no longer a question of ‘if’ we will ever become victims of fraud, but ‘when’ and how severe it will affect us or our loved ones. It’s time to take a stand and take action to protecting ourselves and the lifetime of work we have done from disappearing.
- Lack of common standards
Not all advisors have to register with the federal authorities, the SEC; misconduct in one state may vanish when the business moves to another; not all financial professionals are regulated by the industry’s self-regulator, FINRA; some firms have higher, lower, or no standards at all compared to others; some financial firms are complete frauds seeming to operate legitimately; some financial professionals are legitimate today, but circumstances lead them astray and become frauds tomorrow… Somebody’s definition of compliance can be very different from another’s. We expect a very high standard, and our investigations seek out the red flags you need to be aware of.
- Not all financial professionals are included under one system
It’s an alphabet soup of credentials in the industry: Financial Advisor, Registered Investment Advisor, Certified Financial Planner, Financial Consultant, Life Insurance Agent, Fund Manager, Commodities Broker, Business Manager, Strategist, Accountant… The list of titles and certifications in the financial industry is seemingly endless and befuddling, and all fall under very different regulatory and verification systems (if any). InvestDefense investigates them all.
- Cracks in the system
The SEC is perpetually understaffed and overwhelmed, FINRA allows for records to be expunged, financial professionals with tainted records continue to operate, illegitimate fraudsters continue to pose as trustworthy advisors, new scams and fraud schemes are bombarding the general public daily, there is no end to how many risks the average person faces when investing their money.
- We set a higher standard
Our caliber of investigations was developed by FBI Special Agents, our proprietary methods expanded on the investigative tactics used by Federal Agents in their investigations and supported by the science and research conducted by our own InvestDefense Research Laboratory located at the University of South Florida.
- Simplicity of results
The average person does not have the time, skills or depth of knowledge to conduct a deep wide-ranging fraud investigation on their own, dig up court records, verify compliance, validate claims, decipher & understand complicated forms, etc. Our investigations go beyond what every investor’s due-diligence should include, we probe deeper to uncover the red flags you need to know about that place your trust in jeopardy.
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