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Citizenship by investment: an application paused over an old lawsuit

The programme’s due diligence found a closed lawsuit and a database record mixed up with a namesake. The family’s application was put on hold.

ClientEntrepreneur and family
TriggerProgramme application on hold
CauseA closed lawsuit with no outcome shown, plus a namesake
Timeline11 weeks
OutcomeApplication resumed and approved
Top 10 before
Top 10 after
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Case cover for “Citizenship by investment application on hold”: an atmospheric shot on the theme, with no faces or identifying details

The situation

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The moment the problem became visible: a letter from the bank, a pause in negotiations, an AI answer

The family applied for citizenship by investment. Two months later the programme requested further clarification following its reputational review.

The reviewers had found a ten-year-old lawsuit, closed in the client’s favour but shown in sources without an outcome, and a commercial database record partly mixed up with a namesake.

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What the audit found

  • A 10-year-old lawsuit in English-language sources with no outcome
  • A database record combining the details of two different people
  • Outdated information on a company sold 5 years earlier
  • No English-language biography
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Audit excerpt: search results for the name before the work, sensitive data blurred
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Excerpt from the risk map in the client report

What we did

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A working moment: documents, correspondence, a week-by-week plan
  1. Weeks 1–2

    Audit using DD methodology

    Repeated the review the way the programme’s agencies carry it out.

  2. Weeks 2–4

    File

    The court ruling, translations and confirmation of the company sale.

  3. Weeks 3–9

    Database

    A request to the provider to separate the two identities.

  4. Weeks 3–8

    Sources

    An English-language biography and updated information on current business.

  5. Week 11

    Response to the programme

    A package of clarifications with supporting documents.

The result

separateddatabase record
1package of clarifications with documents
8 of 10English-language results now up to date
11 wksuntil the application resumed
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Search results / AI answer / database record before the work
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The same view after the project

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What we did not do

  • We did not try to hide the lawsuit. We showed its outcome
  • We did not promise any timeline for the programme’s decision

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