Comparison · reviewed 2026-07-30

AM Forensics vs Nardello & Co.

Nardello & Co. is a global investigations firm founded by a former federal prosecutor, known for discreet, senior-led work on complex disputes, FCPA matters, and reputational investigations.

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/ How each is bought

The clearest difference is usually not features. It is what you are actually buying, who performs it, and what you own at the end.

AM Forensics

An independent investigative due-diligence practice: open-source intelligence, public and corporate records, and metadata investigations for financial institutions, fintechs, investors, and counsel.

Engagement: Per-subject or per-matter engagement
Pricing: Fixed price and turnaround quoted at scoping
Who does the work: Named investigator, start to finish
Independence: Independent — no data-licensing revenue, no referral fees

Nardello & Co.

Global investigations firm

Engagement: Bespoke matter engagement
Pricing: Hourly, matter-scoped
Who does the work: Senior investigators, often former prosecutors and agents
Independence: Independent investigations firm

/ Side by side

These rows describe how each firm operates — facts you can verify — rather than judgments about product quality. Where a flat yes or no would mislead, the cell says so.

Capability	AM Forensics	Nardello & Co.
Named investigator does the workNo handoff to an offshore research pool.	Yes	Yes
Every finding tied to a cited sourceReports footnote the record behind each assertion.	Yes	Yes
Primary public and corporate recordsFilings, courts, registries — not database aggregation alone.	Yes	Yes
Metadata and digital-artifact analysisDocument provenance, EXIF, file-history examination.	Yes	Partly
Fixed price quoted before work beginsScope and cost agreed in writing, not billed open-ended.	Yes	NoBespoke matters are conventionally billed hourly.
Report structured for counsel and courtWritten anticipating challenge and privilege.	Yes	Yes
Single-subject engagements acceptedNo annual contract or subscription minimum.	Yes	NoEngagement economics assume matters of substantial size.
AML and financial-crime contextFindings interpreted against BSA/AML expectations.	Yes	Partly
Named turnaround commitmentA date, agreed at scoping.	Yes	Partly

Provided Partly, or with a caveat Not part of the model

/ Where Nardello & Co. is the better call

We would rather you buy the right thing than buy from us. Here is where Nardello & Co. genuinely wins.

Nardello & Co. does this well

Genuinely senior-led, discreet work on sensitive matters
Deep FCPA, anti-corruption, and cross-border dispute experience
Strong former-government bench

Best for: Sensitive, high-stakes matters requiring discretion and senior former-government judgment.

Where teams still come to us

Positioned for large, complex, sensitive mandates — not routine diligence.
Hourly structure makes cost hard to bound on a small matter.
Not built for volume diligence across a portfolio.

AM Forensics fits when: Routine and mid-tier diligence performed to a senior standard at a fixed price — the work that matters but does not justify a bespoke global mandate.

/ Three reasons teams choose AM Forensics instead

Senior standard at a routine price

Not every subject warrants a bespoke mandate, but every subject deserves someone senior reading the record. Fixed-fee scoping makes that affordable.

Bounded cost

Price and turnaround agreed before work starts. Useful when the matter has a budget rather than an appetite.

Portfolio-friendly

Twelve subjects at a per-subject price is a normal engagement here, not an exception to the model.

No-cost, no-obligation

Subject Scoping Call

A 30-minute call on one live subject: what the open record is likely to hold, what it will not, and what a defensible report would cost. If the answer is that you do not need an investigation, we will tell you.

Realistic read on what OSINT and records can establish
Jurisdiction and source-availability constraints, up front
Fixed price and turnaround before you commit

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/ Top Nardello & Co. alternatives in 2026

If Nardello & Co. is not the right fit, these are the options worth comparing — starting with the one we would look at first.

Independent practice

AM Forensics

An independent investigative due-diligence practice: open-source intelligence, public and corporate records, and metadata investigations for financial institutions, fintechs, investors, and counsel. Routine and mid-tier diligence performed to a senior standard at a fixed price — the work that matters but does not justify a bespoke global mandate.

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Global investigations firm

Kroll

Kroll is the best-known name in corporate investigations, offering business intelligence, due diligence, forensic accounting, and cyber investigations at global scale. It is the default choice for large corporates and law firms on high-stakes matters.

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Investigative due diligence firm

Mintz Group

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Global risk consultancy

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Corporate intelligence & cyber

S-RM

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Corporate ownership data platform

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Due-diligence research database

LexisNexis Diligence

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Screening & risk-intelligence database

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Risk database & entity data

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/ Questions we actually get asked

Can you handle a portfolio of subjects?

Yes. Per-subject pricing with a consistent report format across the portfolio, so results are comparable.

Are you former government?

AM Forensics is the investigative practice of Forteris Risk and Compliance Group, LLC, grounded in AML compliance and open-source investigative method. Where a matter genuinely requires former-prosecutor standing, we say so.

How do you handle sensitive matters?

Engagement through counsel where privilege matters, no subcontracting, and no disclosure of client or subject identity.

What if you find nothing?

You get a report saying so, with the searches run and sources checked documented. A clean result is a finding, and the evidence that you looked is what your file needs.