By Robert Greenberg|2025-09-01T19:46:14-05:00September 3rd, 2025|Fraud|0 Comments

Our private lending startup almost lost more than half a million dollars to fraud. Here’s what you can learn from our experience. Ternus is a young private lending company that prides itself on operating differently. We’re investor-focused, values-driven, and transparent. But in March, we came terrifyingly close to losing $645,000 in a sophisticated wire fraud [...]

By Megan Castleton|2025-07-07T15:43:08-05:00July 9th, 2025|Fraud|0 Comments

From subtle name alterations to false ownership claims, train (and re-train ... then train again) your team on the biggest bottom-line-busting misrepresentations. In the labyrinthine world of investment real estate, the complexities of transactions provide fertile ground for sophisticated forms of fraud. Cybercrimes (phishing, wire fraud, etc.), flipping/equity stripping schemes, identity fraud, appraisal/valuation fraud schemes, [...]

By Megan Castleton|2024-11-18T12:15:07-06:00November 20th, 2024|Fraud|0 Comments

Market pressures mean more fraudsters and more mistakes, but there are effective strategies to combat this growing trend. In the complex world of commercial real estate, the threat of fraud looms large, impacting stakeholders at every level - from investors and developers to lenders and attorneys. The scale of fraud in real estate transactions is [...]