The Draco Group announces formation of investigative division: Venture Risk Investigations

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb 08, 2010 -
Venture Risk Investigations (www.VRInvestigations.com), a full-service investigative and due diligence consulting firm, was formed in September 2009 as an independent division of The Draco Group (www.theDracoGroup.com), an international security consulting company.

The leaders of Venture Risk Investigations have assembled a multi-disciplinary team of investigators with diverse skill sets and experience ranging from retired law enforcement, legal practice, finance and military service.  As a result, Venture Risk Investigations approaches each case from differing but synchronized viewpoints, which enables it to provide the highest quality investigative, due diligence, intelligence, and security consulting service available.  

Venture Risk Investigations helps law firms, companies, and individuals solve problems, advance business opportunities, mitigate risk, and resolve disputes.  Their services include the following:  litigation and pre-litigation intelligence and investigations (white collar, commercial, and financial); witness location and interview; surveillance; asset searches and analysis; internal corporate investigations; audit and special committee investigations; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering investigations and compliance; business and transactional intelligence; background checks; due diligence; hedge fund investigations; intellectual property, counterfeiting, piracy, and technology investigations; and subpoena compliance consulting.  Venture Risk Investigations has a network of investigators and sources throughout the United States and the world, enabling the company to assist clients wherever their issues may arise.

Venture Risk Investigations is led by S. Sinai Megibow and John Fitzgerald.  Sinai Megibow is an attorney with experience in white collar criminal litigation, conducting complex internal and financial investigations, high-value due diligence matters, asset searches, and competitive intelligence.  John Fitzgerald is a private investigator, a certified polygraph expert, and a retired Nassau County Police Detective Sergeant with experience as a SWAT team supervisor and detective squad supervisor.  Mr. Fitzgerald also teaches interview and interrogation techniques at the Connecticut State Police Academy.

The Draco Group is led by Ariel Siegelman.   Mr. Siegelman founded The Draco Group to provide advanced security and training services.  He brings his vast and practical knowledge and experience to the American home front after having served in the Special Forces of the Israel Defense Force as a counter terror operative, counter terror sniper and counter terror instructor.  He remains active in the Reserves where he is still called upon for combat operations, as well as serving as an instructor for rapid response teams, counter-terrorism, urban sniper techniques, and special warfare tactics.