On paper, this guy was exactly who you'd want managing money. SEC-registered, FINRA-registered, practicing since the Clinton administration. And that warm smile! That's the problem with people with status, their credibility is assumed. Recent college grads are more scrutinized with background checks than those being considered for c-suite positions. The [...]
During internal testing, it found previously unknown security vulnerabilities, the kind that give attackers a way in before anyone knows to look, across every major operating system and browser. It cracked open a 27-year-old flaw in OpenBSD, one of the most security-hardened operating systems on the planet. It found a [...]
These guys passed video interviews, drug tests, even fingerprinting — and funneled $2.2 million straight to weapons programs. The FBI says AI is making these schemes faster. The W-2s matched real Social Security numbers and payroll hit real bank accounts. Everything tied out on paper. The people doing the work [...]
Two weeks ago, the Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic (the company behind Claude) after it refused to let the military use its AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. Hours later, OpenAI signed the deal instead. The consumer response was immediate. ChatGPT uninstalls spiked 295% in a single day. Claude hit #1 [...]
The red flags were there. They just weren't in any database. That's the gap between what background check vendors sell and what due diligence actually requires, especially when you're buying a company or lending eight figures to someone. That is the difference between a database search and someone who actually [...]
On March 4, 2026, the SEC is convening a critical Private Markets Roundtable to discuss the accelerating trend of retail access to private market assets. While the conversation will center on valuation methodologies and fund governance, there is a significant "human risk" factor that regulators and investors cannot afford to [...]
