http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Michelle+Thiel Finances Michelle Thiel Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=346077&ca=Finances In today’s current struggling economy, we should anticipate that an increased focus will be placed onto companies and persons that make bad decisions. When a company is in major financial trouble, the public may ask, ‘How did this happen,’ or ‘Didn’t they see this coming?’ The negative impact can se... Real Estate Michelle Thiel Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=331605&ca=Real+Estate For leaders within the real estate industry, the topic of mitigating fraud should always be on their minds. Leadership and sustaining positive business performance begin with diligence in regards to investigating those with whom you partner. In this article we will review how information as a commod... Finances Michelle Thiel Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=320591&ca=Finances It seems you’ll be hard pressed to sit through the evening news without a story about the nation’s mortgage crisis. You’ll hear blame towards the lenders, the borrowers and the government. Looming behind crisis in the mortgage industry is the risk of an increased amount of homeowners filing for bank... Business Michelle Thiel Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=313801&ca=Business Imagine this situation, you have been staffed with the responsibility of performing due diligence for your organization. Where do you start? What types of research will you need to perform? What type of public record verifications will you need to conduct to protect your brand’s value? Business info... Computers and Technology Michelle Thiel Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=308689&ca=Computers+and+Technology Section 326 of the Patriot Act required the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to develop regulations setting forth minimum standards regarding customer identification for opening new accounts at certain financial institutions. The federal banking regulatory agencies together developed regulations to im... Business Michelle Thiel Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273958&ca=Business One of the best ways to fight fraud is to take a proactive approach. Yet some business professionals believe that fraud detection software is the only type of software tool available (or necessary) to fight fraud. Certainly, detection through monitoring can play an important role in your anti-fraud... Real Estate Michelle Thiel Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=254953&ca=Real+Estate Appraisal fraud is a component of many mortgage fraud schemes. This type of fraud is one of the more sophisticated techniques being used to commit mortgage fraud. As one of the fastest growing financial crimes in U.S. history, counter measurements to mortgage fraud are required. One of these measure... Computers and Technology Michelle Thiel Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=254955&ca=Computers+and+Technology Identity fraud is a crime that costs all of us. As measures have been increased in recent years to mitigate identity fraud, so too has the level of sophistication of the fraudulent acts. Persons that were dedicated to committing fraud had the upper hand for some time, but technology is now catching... Business Michelle Thiel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=241644&ca=Business In today’s digital age, technology has lowered the barrier to obtain information. Today, individuals are able to verify professional credentials, individual identities, business affiliations and tax IDs. In addition to verifying identities, research of public records can more easily be conducted. Th... Real Estate Michelle Thiel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=241646&ca=Real+Estate Each day financial institutions are confronted with mortgage fraud risk. Mortgage fraud has become one of the fastest growing financial crimes in the history of the United States. As a result, the federal government has created a special task force to treat mortgage fraud as a type of white collar c...