Weiser’s Success Stories

• Alleged Misrepresentation of Accounting Treatment – Retained by seller's attorney to assist with legal strategy and questioning of plaintiff's witnesses and experts. Further, educated arbitrator on proper accounting for leases and related issues therein enabling a favorable settlement for our Client.  
• Business Valuation/Shareholder Dispute – Worked with outside counsel and our Client to identify flawed data underlying a business valuation that was the basis for his shareholder buyout. At arbitration we successfully argued the merits of a new business valuation based on recalculated data enabling the matter to settle in our Clients favor (collected more than double which was approximately $2,000,000 more).  
• Fraud By Company Controller – We were engaged by our Client to review financial statements which led to discovery of suspicious activity and fraud by Controller who was prosecuted, ordered to make restitution (over $200,000) and faced jail time.  
• High Profile IRS Suit Against Shareholders – Investigated alleged non-deductible expenses and was able to prove asserted allegations were baseless which led the IRS to drop action. As a value-add, we pointed out instances of waste and company mismanagement that enabled Client to realize significant savings.  
• Inadequate Internal Controls – Represented Client who was indicted under RICO by evaluating company’s operating systems and internal controls and was able to prove aforementioned was not part of criminal activities and charges were never advanced.  
• International Criminal Investigation by U.S. Attorney’s Office – Assisted outside counsel and our Client to disprove allegations of conducting illegal activities for tax benefits. We presented findings to the U.S. Attorneys Office and Tax Court resulting in a favorable ruling.  
• Matrimonial Dispute – We assisted outside counsel and our Client in proving opposition's business valuation was flawed. The courts accepted our business valuation as basis for computing a more favorable outcome.  
• Misrepresentations with Sales of Retail Unit – We were engaged by our Client and outside counsel to investigate misrepresentations during due diligence with projections and modeling. As a result of our findings we advised our Client with respect to choosing between exercising a right to rescind or accept a settlement.  
• Partnership Dispute – Worked with outside counsel and plaintiff in a very hostile partnership matter whereby the defendant was accused of stealing funds. Our research and investigation yielded many unsupported disbursements, missing documentation and even hidden checkbooks. The case settled very favorably for our Client (nearly $2,000,000).  
• Professional Malpractice Claims – We have had various engagements in which we proved that services rendered to our Clients were of the level of gross negligence enabling the Clients to recover lost funds.  
• Purchase of Professional Practice – We were retained by the buyer and his attorney to review a purchase deal and the assets and liabilities included therein. We assisted with legal strategy and with interpreting contract clauses as they related to defined accounting terms which enabled our Client to settle favorably.  
• Securitization Fraud – We were engaged by outside counsel to review complex accounting issues and create a timeline with respect to a series of securitization transactions. The result of our investigation enabled the co-defendant to push proportional liability (majority of $1,600,000,000 claim) and agree on a satisfactory settlement previously thought unobtainable.  
• Shareholder/Lender Dispute – We worked with outside counsel to investigate and prove inappropriate usage of corporate funds enabling the plaintiff to recoup stolen money (approximately $60,000,000).  
• Supplier Action Against Retail Store – We worked with outside counsel to investigate diverted business from a supplier which was against contract terms. We found business was given to a related party of management which enabled our client to get full restitution.  
• Tax Resolution – Worked with multinational company to avoid criminal proceedings that might have been advanced and were instrumental in restructuring the company's operations to comply with the tax code and avoid major tax penalties and liabilities.  
• Working Capital Fraud – We were retained by the purchaser of a retailer to analyze financial data and were able to show overstated income and assets and understated liabilities. Our investigation resulted in a reduction in purchase price of over $10,000,000.