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July 25, 2022

Fake Cricket Puts Online Gamblers in a Sticky Wicket

Fraud takes many forms, and the more clever, the more likely it is to gain widespread attention once it is discovered. A case in point: a story out of India earlier this month involving an elaborate fraud…

July 15, 2022

221B Strives to Identify Red Flags Before Tragedy Strikes

To help assess the level of threat and determine appropriate next steps, 221B Partners conducts public records research into subjects of interest to get a fuller picture of their lives and whether they have a…

July 1, 2021

OxyContin Maker's Story Shows There's No Substitute for Old-Fashioned Digging

I’ve just finished reading Patrick Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain, an account of the Sackler family’s ownership of Purdue Pharma, which created the highly addictive pain medication OxyContin. The book details…

May 20, 2022

The Other Investigators at 221B…

It is only fitting that my next book club pick coincides with this Sunday’s Sherlock Holmes Day, memorialized on the birthday of his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I chose The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes…

Indra Nooyi – Leadership Lessons, 221B Partners Book Club

Indra Nooyi – Leadership Lessons, 221B Partners Book Club

April 19, 2022

221B Partners - Book Club Debut

Indra Nooyi is best known as the former CEO of multinational PepsiCo, which she led for 12 years. A well-deserved, yet astounding achievement for a woman who was born and educated in Madras (now Chennai),…

January 27, 2022

Human Trafficking: A Global Scourge In Our Own Backyards

December 13, 2021

A Reminder from the Rittenhouse Case: Local News Coverage is Invaluable and Investigators Should be Worried About the Peril it Faces

June 9, 2021

Getting carded by Wall Street: WeWork sets sights on public listing through the SPAC door

March 10, 2021

Ode to the Telephone; Or, What’s Old is New Again

December 18, 2020

The Boons of Being a Generalist

Check out this article we wrote for ABL Insights, Volume 1, Issue 2!

November 20, 2020

Who’s on First? And is She the Same as Who’s on Second?

June 1, 2020

A 221B Partners Dia[b]log

Bypassing high-tech for old-fashioned means: What has been our most important informational tool during a business launch amidst a pandemic.

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