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5/01/2007
Kroll Investigator Goes Fishing in Hong Kong, Gets Hooked
Kroll Investigator Goes Fishing in Hong Kong, Gets Hooked
Here's one from the vaults...
An interesting post that I only just ran across from former investment banker David Webb who now runs Webb-site.com, which comments on "corporate and economic governance, business, finance, investment and regulatory affairs in Hong Kong."
On his site, Webb describes at length how, back in 1999, he was able to out a Kroll investigator who, using the pretext of a Seattle-based journalist, was attempting to gather information on a Hong Kong development project.
While I am not sure that Kroll's interest in Mr. Webb's commentary ultimately reflected the "startling implications for press freedom in Hong Kong" that Webb implies, it is interesting to review how things went down. (NOTE: Email headers are not private...).
The silly thing is that Kroll used a pretext at all. You'd think that simply asking the guy might have worked better...
Anyway...not exactly a hot off the presses story, but a cautionary tale for your friendly neighborhood investigator.
-- MDT
An interesting post that I only just ran across from former investment banker David Webb who now runs Webb-site.com, which comments on "corporate and economic governance, business, finance, investment and regulatory affairs in Hong Kong."
On his site, Webb describes at length how, back in 1999, he was able to out a Kroll investigator who, using the pretext of a Seattle-based journalist, was attempting to gather information on a Hong Kong development project.
While I am not sure that Kroll's interest in Mr. Webb's commentary ultimately reflected the "startling implications for press freedom in Hong Kong" that Webb implies, it is interesting to review how things went down. (NOTE: Email headers are not private...).
The silly thing is that Kroll used a pretext at all. You'd think that simply asking the guy might have worked better...
Anyway...not exactly a hot off the presses story, but a cautionary tale for your friendly neighborhood investigator.
-- MDT
Labels: blowback, Hong Kong, Kroll, pretexting
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