Typically, in gray market fraud matters, manufactures do not resort to litigation and frequently do not attempt to recover their losses. Instead, they are satisfied with eliminating the problem and instituting controls to prevent its recurrence. In some cases, however, losses are significant and manufacturers are forced to file lawsuits when settlement negotiations fail. In other cases, dealers who have suffered losses have filed suit against manufacturers whom they perceive acted negligently or irresponsibly by failing to investigate and correct this problem which negatively impacted their businesses.

When gray market fraud matters go into litigation, an experienced independent opinion expert can prove to be a valuable asset.

Mr. Schmedlen's experience in this growing field of fraud has been exclusively of a consulting and investigative nature. Thus far, he has not acted as an unrelated opinion expert per se although he is one of the few who would qualify as an expert in this area. In most cases, his objective has been to identify and eliminate the exposure, rather than to assist in seeking recovery.

Gray Market Fraud--also known as transshipping, cross territory shipping and gray market pricing--is typically international in scope, but occasionally relates to violations of domestic territorial restrictions. Mr. Schmedlen's work on international gray market cases has taken him to Australia, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Europe and in all cases he has worked on behalf of manufacturers who were victims of this fraud.

Mr. Schmedlen has published articles on this subject and in 1998 he conducted a seminar on Gray Market Fraud in the Cayman Islands for the members of the Council of International Investigators.

Information concerning the investigative abilities of Loss Prevention Concepts, Ltd. in gray market fraud matters can be found by following this link to: Gray Market Fraud Investigations. Restricted information on this subject may be requested from Loss Prevention Concepts, Ltd. by manufacturers and attorneys representing manufacturers by following this link to: Restricted Article Request.

Mr. Schmedlen's curriculum vitae does not include information on his expertise in this specialized field. For detailed information on Mr. Schmedlen's experience on this subject, please request this by e-mail expert@lpconline.com or call him direct at 810/629-7569 during normal business hours.

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INVESTIGATION EXPERIENCE: GRAY MARKET FRAUD

Mr. Schmedlen worked his first gray market fraud case in the early 1980s. These cases were often international in scope and he has personally worked these cases throughout North America, Latin America and has traveled as far away as Australia to successfully complete one complicated case of gray market fraud.

Questions on this subject? Write Roger H. Schmedlen, CPP, CFE, CII, MIPI

Gray Market Fraud Expert Witness travel time is capped as follows on litigation cases:
3 hours round trip: Illinois (Northeast Illinois including Chicago IL), Indiana (North of Muncie IN), Michigan (All of Michigan except MI Upper Peninsula), Ohio (Columbus OH and Northern OH)
4 hours round trip: Delaware (All of DE), District of Columbia (Metropolitan Washington DC area), Florida (Orlando FL south including Florida keys), Illinois (All of IL except, Northeast Illinois, Chicago IL), Indiana (South of Muncie IN), Iowa (All of IA east of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Eastern KS area including Kansas City KS), Kentucky (All of KY), Maryland (All of MD), Michigan (Central and Eastern Upper Peninsula, MI), Minnesota (East of Detroit Lakes MN), Missouri (All of MO), New Jersey (All of NJ), New York (All of NY including NYC), North Carolina (West of Raleigh Durham NC metro area), Ohio (Southern OH, south of Columbus OH), Oregon (Coastal OR areas including Portland OR), Pennsylvania (All of PA), South Carolina (Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), Tennessee (All of TN), Virginia (Western VA west of Richmond VA), Washington (Coastal WA cities), West Virginia (All of WV), Wisconsin (All of WI)
5 hours round trip: Alabama (All of AL), Arkansas (All of AK), Arizona (Southern half of AZ south of Prescott AZ to Nogales AZ and including the Phoenix AZ and Tucson AZ areas), Arizona (Northwest AZ including Lake Mead, AZ and Las Vegas, NV areas), California (Western CA coastal cities regions and Southern California including Los Angeles CA, Orange County CA and northwestern regions such as San Francisco CA), Colorado (Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Connecticut (All of CT), Florida (North of Orlando FL metro area, Florida Panhandle and of of FL in Central Time Zone), Georgia (All of GA including Atlanta GA), Iowa (All of IA west of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Most of KS west of Kansas City KS), Louisiana (All of LA), Maine (All of ME), Massachusetts (All of MA), Michigan (Western Upper Peninsula MI), Minnesota (West of Detroit Lakes MN), Mississippi (All of MS), Nebraska (All of NE east of CO), Nevada (Extreme southern NV including Las Vegas NV region), New Hampshire (All of NH), North Carolina (Raleigh Durham NC east), North Dakota (East of Minot ND), Oklahoma (All of OK), Rhode Island (All off RI), South Carolina (All of SC except the Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), South Dakota (East of Rapid City SD), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Vermont (All of VT), Virginia (Eastern VA including Richmond VA)
6 hours round trip: Arizona (Northern half of AZ), California (Eastern CA north of Death Valley CA area), Colorado (All of CO except for Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Idaho (All of ID), Montana (All of MT), Nebraska (Western NE), Nevada (All of NV except extreme south Las Vegas NV region), New Mexico (All of NM), North Dakota (Minot ND and west), Oregon (Eastern 3/4 of OR), South Dakota (Rapid City SD and west), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Utah (All of UT), Washington (All of WA except coastal WA cities), Wyoming (All of WY)
Negotiable: Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

GRAY MARKET FRAUD EXPERT SECURITY EXPERT WITNESS

GRAY MARKET FRAUD EXPERT
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