Listen to this articleThe Beijing office of a prominent American corporate investigations firm has been raided by Chinese authorities.
Mintz Group, a global firm led by fraud and corruption specialists who came from journalism, law firms, computers and banking, has not commented publicly on the March 20 raid, but a source told Reuters that its Beijing office was “raided by authorities and five Chinese staff were detained.”
A source told SpyTalk that “they got an expat out ahead of time,” but “it’s a big mess and problems for local employees.”
Company founder Jim Mintz did not respond to telephone and email inquiries from SpyTalk. Reuters reported the company was preparing a press release.
