Looming CTA deadline for business clients

On October 1, 2024

As we enter the fourth quarter of 2024, we are reminding our business clients about the Corporate Transparency Act’s requirement to file a beneficial ownership information report with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Specifically, companies created or registered in the United States before January 1, 2024 must file by January 1, […]

Lexpat Delivers Investigation Report on Site Security and Privacy

On April 15, 2024

In the wake of a high-profile security breach some months ago, a NASDAQ-traded company that provides technology-driven products and services to secure physical commercial and residential properties retained Lexpat to investigate the breach, which had targeted and more directly implicated a different company with which our client had a close operating partnership. Lexpat’s investigation resulted […]

Pearlman Quoted on Russia & Wagner Group Sanctions

On February 14, 2023

On February 1, the respected military and foreign affairs-focused publication Task & Purpose published an article describing some of the reported recruitment activities of Russia’s Wagner Group targeting Americans – specifically, Americans with military experience. The story quotes Lexpat’s Managing Director Adam Pearlman concerning the penalties Americans could face if they joined the sanctioned mercenary […]

Pearlman Speaks at AML/CFT Conference

On November 17, 2022

On November 2-3, Pakistan’s premier international law think tank – the Research Society for International Law hosted an international conference on Pakistan’s experience in anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). “Beyond the Greylist: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward” was particularly timely and important, less than two weeks after the Financial Action […]

The Obstruction of Justice Provision in the Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant

On September 23, 2022

By Adam Pearlman The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last month was conducted under a warrant that found probable cause that “evidence of obstruction” would be discovered at the former president’s winter residence. There are several federal obstruction of justice statutes on the books, but the one cited in […]

Pearlman Earns Financial Crime Specialist Certification

On August 31, 2021

Last month, Lexpat’s Managing Director Adam Pearlman passed the exam to become a Certified Financial Crime Specialist. According to the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS), the CFCS is “The world’s only certification to address the full spectrum of financial crime.” ACFCS had named Pearlman an “Agent of Resiliency” last year for his work […]

Pearlman Selected as an ‘Agent of Resiliency’

On May 22, 2020

Managing Director Adam Pearlman's work as a consultant for INL has been recognized by ACFCS as helping to build fincrime resilience.