Private Credit Manager: Criminal Risk Uncovered
- Dossity
- May 20
- 3 min read
May 20, 2025
Companies use Dossity to analyze key people risk.
Dossity recently analyzed a private credit manager in the southeast US, to understand the risk to limited partners, their investments and reputations.
The firm began in the early 2000s, averages more than a dozen staff, and claims hundreds of commercial and residential real estate debt deals. The firm’s site mentions hundreds of millions in AUM across multiple funds from institutional and high net worth limited partners.
As specialists in assessing management risks, Dossity analyzed the firm’s leadership across 10 risk categories:
Criminal Activity
Harassment
Litigation
Honesty
Associations
Political Exposure
Foreign Influence
Behaviors
Online Activity
Personal Finance
Multiple potential risks were found for the firm's Managing Partner, primarily his criminal and legal record.
Findings:
Jail time and history of charges for impersonating an officer, assault, battery, stalking, disorderly conduct, concealed weapon, burglary, fraud, forgery, over a dozen traffic violations, etc
History of litigation for both him and his firm
Negative news mention
Tens of thousands donated to politicians
City property lien
Multiple large asset purchases
Goes by anglicized version of middle name
Bios mention alma mater, but no degree on record
His mother and the mother of his child were employed by his firm
Mother of his child had a theft charge and a bankruptcy years ago
His non-profit director appears to have been visited by FBI
He admits in his bio to falling in with a “bad crowd” but then later “willed himself” into a better life. However, records show issues persisted years later.
In recent years he was in the news after suing the city when they turned off his water. He allegedly failed to pay thousands in fines for “illegal hotel operations” before a settlement was reached.
Part of Dossity’s people research includes an individual's key associates. Beyond his own record, multiple risks were identified among his former associates. The mother of his child who had worked at the firm, had a theft charge and a bankruptcy years ago. A former Principal had a charge of “criminal mischief in the second degree.” A former analyst of the firm was charged previously for both battery and cocaine trafficking.
Dossity identified potential association risk related to a Director at the Managing Partner's non-profit organization.
This individual goes by a few different names online and at some point changed his listed location to a city in China.
He seems to have a broad range of work. In a recent post he mentions being “commissioned to write and direct a slasher film, about a failed school shooter who possesses her lover to go on a pencil stabbing rampage in school.” An unconfirmed writer account on the “Official website of the Communist Party USA” is listed under his first and last name. It describes him as an “activist for workers' power and socialism."
His archived site offered "dream analysis sessions" and his transactions mention "psychedelic communities." He allegedly received death threats because of something he wrote about vigilantes catching sexual predators.
The non-profit director posted a photo (binder/card seem to have FBI logo) saying sorry and tagging the FBI (implying they visited him.)
Other findings:
The investment firm’s ESG page and ESG disclosures were removed from their site in late 2023.
In an online review, the firm’s Managing Partner claims to have been scammed. He sued the company after allegedly, personally losing around $100,000 in what he described as a "likely ponzi scheme.”
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Analysis like this supports organizations with due diligence, risk analysis, investigations, litigation and more. Ultimately, Dossity’s findings help clients protect their reputations and make informed decisions.
This information is from sources deemed to be true and reliable, but Dossity makes no representations of the same. All questions or comments should be sent to info@dossity.com.
