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But his intuition was not with the guy, who fooled just about everybody he did business with, but rather with the deal. So when he couldn't convince his partners not to take the deal as a deal, that was the end of it.

I really can't hold Simon's family to any higher standards than a reasonable man would have at the time. I'm sure Delotte was following current best practices in following him back for ten years, and I would think this is as far back as public records go in any event. It would have coat a boatload of money to go any further, and there was no indication that they'd find anything.

I think most people would find your cautious attitude just a shade extreme. Most people who stay clean for 10 years are going to stay clean for the rest of their lives. This is a very rare incident where this guy's past came back to haunt him.

I think it's important to bear in mind the following, and close this one out for good:

Simon would not have made this investment, and
The terms Hindelang offered were fair, and there was no moral problem with what the investment company did.

That closes it all, far as I'm concerned.

I learned the hard way how important it is to thoroughly know the people in your life.

My sister got involved with a man who I suspected was abusing her 5 year old son. My parents and I hired a private investigator who exposed this man's criminal record of 26 criminal convictions, including one for murder, and getting in contact with a passal of former girlfriends who said this man had physically abused their children.

The investigation hadn't yet been completed when he framed my sister for assault, she was arrested and he cleared out her house of valuables, then disappeared.

My parents and I now have custody of my nephew, 10 years old. He has been in counseling for over a year. Turns out the boy had been severely beaten and abused by a man who my sister insists, to this very day, is really "a good person".

When it comes to one's children, personal security and business, the right kind of background investigation is important - the thorough investigation!

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