Private Equity Firm: Risky Behavior Found
- Michael Collins
- Jun 7
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 10
June 9th, 2025
Companies use Dossity to analyze key-people risk.
We recently analyzed a private equity firm in the northeast, to understand the risk to limited partners, their portfolio and reputation.
The firm began around the pandemic, has around a dozen staff, and has completed multiple investments.
As specialists in assessing management risk, Dossity analyzed the firm’s leadership across 10 risk categories:
Criminal Activity
Harassment
Litigation
Honesty
Associations
Political Exposure
Foreign Influence
Behaviors
Online Activity
10. Personal Finance
Dossity found multiple risks associated with the firm's Managing Director.
Findings:
Reckless driving, failure to report accident
Driving impaired, resulting jail time
Lawsuit alleged they looted a company with millions in illegal distributions
Over a dozen traffic violations
Negative news mention
Divorce
Personal bankruptcy
Business Partner also had a bankruptcy
Abrasive comments on fringe political sites
Omitted past employment from bios
Recent large asset purchases
The Managing Director was a talented athlete, earned multiple degrees, and held leadership roles at consulting and investment firms. His profiles and company bios leave out his past employment so online archives and Secretary of State filings were needed to fill in the gaps.
Shortly after grad school, he filed for bankruptcy with nearly two million dollars in estimated debts. His partner at the firm also had a personal bankruptcy in the past.
Not long after, the Managing Director was arrested for driving while intoxicated (later reduced to "impaired") and spent a few days in county jail.
Years later, he was arrested for "reckless driving" and "failure to report accident to fixtures." A bond was set at $500 and fingerprints were filed.
In between, he accumulated over a dozen traffic violations (speeding, expired plates, no safety belt, disobeying traffic signal, etc) and was divorced by his wife.
Dossity’s analysis of personal finances include reviewing large asset purchases. Within the past few years, the Managing Director purchased a boat and a Lamborghini (over the prior decade, he had purchased another boat, a Bentley and two houses.)
He held a private pilot license for a single-engine airplane years ago, but no plane ownership record was found.
In recent years, he and his firm were sued following one of their investments. The plaintiff alleged they had "looted" the company and made "illegal distributions" to insiders. The case was ultimately closed following a settlement payment made by the defendants.
An account was found on a fringe political site matching his photo, first / last name, company, title, industry alma mater, etc.
The account made several comments like:
"Tranny4Trump"
"Demon trannys on the attack!! Haha."
"So what...this is a stupid article...what's wrong with you."
"Who’s afraid of demon trannys? Seem harmless, but yet funny to think about."
On a post called "Queers For Palestine...", he commented:"Idea "Occupy Gaza" movement for protest. Lots of room for tent city."
On another platform he follows "Dan Bilzerian" (among only a few other accounts.) Blizerian is a professional gambler sued for kicking a woman in the face and throwing a naked pornstar off of a roof.
Although the Managing Director follows Dan's account, he didn't post, comment on, or share the above example posts.
He did react with a like to a comment on another platform, "Because much of it [DEI] was designed by extreme far left Jews in Academia and politics?"
The commenter includes a screenshot of an allegedly fake (according to Reuters and others) news story: "Rabbi claims world peace can only be achieved once whites are no longer a majority..."
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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.
