The History of ALLEY101

August 1920 Boston, MA: The signs were all there... Charles Ponzi had broken law before. He had served time in prison for immigration fraud. Yet, he was able to spin new schemes and gain the trust of new targets.

Ponzi's schemes eventually unraveled, however, largely due to two individuals: a skeptical auditor and an unrelenting, newspaper reporter. While Ponzi's wide-ranging victims, including immigrants, Boston Brahmins and even 75% of the local police, wanted to believe their investment returns were legitimate, it was tried-and-true forensic accounting and investigative journalism that prevailed. Commitment, detailed analysis, and even following Ponzi on his daily walks down Public Alley 101 to his North End Bank, all contributed to exposing the historic fraud.

That level of commitment is more critical than ever as fraud rates have reached record highs. Institutional investors, lenders, business owners, nonprofits, and law enforcement agencies trust ALLEY101 to deliver clarity and the truth. Through exhaustive diligence, forensics, creativity and an indefatigable commitment to integrity and ethics, we deliver value to our clients every day. We, at ALLEY101, welcome the opportunity to work with you.

What We Do

Due Diligence, Forensics, Analysis and Objective Insights

We provide our clients with risk mitigation, discovery and conclusive findings involving risks associated with financial mismanagement, fraud, corruption and other acts of malfeasance. We ensure that our clients are able to navigate complex matters efficiently, effectively and with integrity.

Approach

We work with our clients to design engagement-specific strategies that deliver solutions to complex problems.

We bring objective discovery and analysis to every unique client engagement. We specialize in highly complex situations that require comprehensive data capture, control of digital evidence, interviews, reconstruction of financial information and the synthesis and concise presentation of key findings.

We focus on the relevant matters, determine the facts, isolate the associated business metrics and quantify the financial impact. We take the complex and provide clarity.

Client Matters

Legal - Corporate transactions, civil and criminal disputes.
Corporate - Matters involving fraud, accounting irregularities, regulatory investigations, valuation disputes, and forensics.
Public sector & nonprofits - Internal compliance, regulatory oversight/compliance, criminal investigations and internal controls assessments.
Private equity - Due diligence and event-driven forensics.
Activist Investors - Corporate governance, fraud investigations, forensics, expert witness, valuation impact analysis.
Lenders and insurers - Credit risk, due diligence, forensics and claims assessment.

The History of ALLEY101

What We Do

Due Diligence, Forensics, Analysis and Objective Insights

Approach

Client Matters

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