OSINT
Open-source intelligence
Structured investigation across public and open sources — registries, litigation and enforcement records, adverse media, and the subject's own digital footprint.
See it in the examinationThe record exists.We find it.
AM Forensics is the investigative due-diligence practice of Forteris Risk and Compliance Group, LLC. We build the picture standard screening can't — from open sources, public records, and the metadata and digital artifacts most reviews never touch.
Illustrative examination
Counterparty A, LLC
Fictional subject, shown to demonstrate method.
“Operating since 2014.”
What the public footprint shows
- Domain registered
- 29 Jul 2025
- First archived capture of the website
- 6 Aug 2025
- First third-party business listing
- Sep 2025
WHOIS record
Web archive
Business directory
Its public footprint begins in mid-2025.
What the document carries
- File
- FY2023 audited financial statements (PDF)
- Opinion date printed on the document
- 15 Mar 2024
- File created
- 2 Aug 2025, 14:11
- Created with
- A consumer PDF editor
Onboarding packet
Document text
Embedded metadata
Embedded metadata
The file was created more than sixteen months after the date printed on it.
What the registry holds
- Entity formed
- 18 Nov 2024
- Predecessor entities or prior names
- None on record
- Registered agent
- Commercial registered-agent service
State registry
State registry
State registry
The entity was formed a decade after the operating history the packet claims.
Sourced, dated, and defensible
- Claimed operating history
- Since 2014
- Earliest independent record
- 18 Nov 2024
- Sources consistent with the finding
- Registry, file metadata, open sources
Onboarding packet
State registry
Independent of each other
No independent record supports the packet's account before November 2024.
Each finding is tied to the record behind it: the registry extract, the file's embedded metadata, and dated captures of the subject's public footprint.
Timeline, 2014 to today
- Claimed
- On record
- Claimed, but no record
Packet claim
Open sources
File metadata
Corporate records
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Today
The investigative practice
Engaged before an onboarding, an investment, a partnership, or a dispute — when the cost of not knowing outweighs the cost of looking.
Metadata
Metadata & digital-artifact investigations
Documents, images, and files carry histories of their own. We examine metadata and digital artifacts to test whether the story a document tells matches the one it carries.
See it in the examinationRecords
Public & corporate records
Corporate filings, ownership chains, and registry records — mapping who actually stands behind an entity.
See it in the examinationSynthesis
Reported findings
Every engagement ends in a written report: sourced, dated, and defensible — built to be relied on, not just read.
See it in the examinationHigh-stakes decisions where regulatory, financial, or reputational exposure cannot be managed through checklists.
AML advisory
Alongside the investigative practice, the firm advises financial institutions and fintechs on AML and financial-crime compliance.
AML policy solutions
Custom policy development addressing your actual risk — written to hold up in front of an examiner or a sponsor bank.
Independent AML risk review
An unaffiliated assessment of your program's risk — on your timetable, not a regulator's.
Program implementation
KYC and EDD program development, built for your products and customer base.
Advisory retainer
Ongoing expert judgment on call for the decisions that carry consequence.
Our compliance technology
Forteris Risk & Compliance Group
AM Forensics is the investigative practice of Forteris Risk and Compliance Group — the firm behind purpose-built compliance tools for fintechs and financial institutions.
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Per-seat AML/CFT staff training with examiner-ready completion records.
About & contact
AM Forensics is the investigative due-diligence practice of Forteris Risk and Compliance Group, LLC, led by Ahmed Abdel-Mohsen from Boca Raton, Florida.
The firm works for financial institutions, fintechs, investors, and counsel — wherever a decision deserves more than a database check.
Our findings are independent of the parties, institutions, and outcomes we examine; we do not accept engagements adverse to an existing Forteris client.
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