Dear Kroll employees who have been investigating:
I know you have a long and troubled history working for some of the most unpleasant and corrupt figures in Venezuela. These range from the gigantic banking fraudster José Alvarez Stelling of Banco Consolidado to the disgusting Gustavo Gómez López of Banco Latino (the Madoff of Venezuela), who now pretends to be a lawyer without mentioning the missing billions in his biography.
You have filled your corporate coffers with the ill-gotten payments from these corrupt oligarchs of the indefinite pre-Chavista era, a true waterfall of “fees.” And now, it seems, according to a source I cannot confirm, that you couldn’t resist and are doing work for the corrupt funds of the Bolivararchy. I noticed you were visiting the site recently. Specifically, looking for information about Leopoldo Alejandro Betancourt López and his role in Derwick Associates. Is he your newest Venezuelan client? Has Derwick already fired FTI Consulting, or are they collaborating on producing “due diligence” and “vetting” reports for Betancourt-López and his partners Francisco Convit, Edgar Romero Lazo, Iker Candina, and Pedro Trebbau-López?
If I remember correctly, it was your company, Kroll, that “reviewed” and gave the green light to a businessman named Allen J. Stanford. Right? How did that work out for you?
I assume if you’re investigating the Derwick guys while holding a check from their overflowing accounts at JP Morgan, you’re probably thinking these are good and honorable young men. Why else would a bank like JP Morgan Chase do business with them, right? Didn’t Derwick file a $300 million defamation lawsuit when someone questioned their “excellent reputation,” only to back down in the face of discovery in a U.S. court and have to settle while being dismissed with prejudice? You would think that after another Venezuelan blogger exposed Allen Stanford, you would err on the side of caution, but when will you learn that lesson, Kroll?
I’ve been told that for your previous antics in Venezuela, you had a former “superagent” from the DEA, Thomas Cash, always negotiating with your “special agent in charge of the largest DEA office in the world, the Florida and Caribbean Division.” He charged the dirtiest businessmen in Venezuela ridiculous amounts for his “due diligence” work. Cash was also supposed to be an expert in “fraud and money laundering,” right? Where is Mr. Cash now? Oh, right, he’s the one who approved Allen Stanford and continued to defend him even after he was no longer a Kroll client and had to resign in complete disgrace as Kroll’s director in Miami. I can’t wait to see you make a fool of yourselves while chasing Derwick’s dollars. So far, you’re proving to be as useless as FTI Consulting and their former man, Frank Holder…