Founding Partner

Mr. Marlin is a founding Partner with Veritas Assurance Partners LLC (“VAP”), an international investigative and consulting firm based in Miami, Florida.  He is the leader of the Business Intelligence, Investigations and Internal controls practice areas. Mr. Marlin has over twenty years of combined domestic and international experience in law enforcement, private investigations, commercial intelligence, auditing, banking and forensic accounting in both the private and public sectors. During his private sector career, Mr. Marlin has managed hundreds of investigative, intelligence and litigation support consulting projects in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia.  These matters have encompassed several industries and have comprised numerous business intelligence and due diligence projects, litigation support matters, fraud investigations, asset searches, employee misconduct inquiries, insurance dispute investigations and money laundering investigations.

Founding Partner

Mr. Supervielle is a founding Partner with Veritas Assurance Partners LLC (“VAP”), an international investigative and consulting firm based in Miami, Florida. He is the product leader for “Intelligence & Strategic Planning in Conflict Zones” and “US Government Agencies and Inter-agency Process” product lines. He provides business advisory services to governments and multi-national enterprises operating around the world, especially in Latin American and countries experiencing instability and armed conflict. He has extensive knowledge and expertise with U.S. federal government regulatory and geopolitical security matters. Specifically, Mr. Supervielle has expertise in litigation and complex foreign investigations especially involving ethics and fraud allegations; international law and negotiations; and strategic planning, which encompasses decision analysis and resolution, change management, facilitation, and project management. Mr. Supervielle has represented the US government in over 40 nations around the globe. Cuban born, he is fluent in Spanish.

Senior Partner

Chris Marquet is a veteran international investigations and business intelligence professional with more than 35 years of experience working with major corporate entities, financial institutions, attorneys and their advisors on some of the most sensitive, confidential and complex risk, integrity and fact-finding missions. Chris is based in Boston and brings a wealth of knowledge, insight and experience as a trusted advisor to clients in a wide range of independent fact-finding missions. Prior to joining Veritas, Chris held executive positions with Marquet International (founder), Kroll Associates, SunBlock Systems, Decision Strategies/Vance International and Citigate Global Intelligence (founder). He has written and lectured extensively about issues such as ethics in investigations, privacy issues, white collar fraud, integrity due diligence, workplace violence and risk mitigation. Chris is regularly quoted in the media on such topics as major embezzlement cases, Ponzi schemes, white collar fraud and resume fraud. He has managed thousands of integrity, risk, security and investigative projects around the world over the course of his lengthy career. These matters have been diverse and include integrity due diligence; litigation support fact finding; investigations into intellectual property theft, counterfeit & diversion of products, environmental disputes, white collar fraud, threats & workplace violence, employee misconduct inquiries; hostile takeovers and proxy battles; competitive intelligence, corporate compliance & security; executive protection; crisis management and insurance disputes. Chris is a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College with an AB degree in Physics, Economics and Philosophy.

Senior Advisor

Howard J. Krongard was nominated by President George W. Bush, was confirmed by the

U.S. Senate, and served as Inspector General of the U.S. Department of State and of the Broadcasting Board of Governors from 2005 to 2008.  As an independent reviewer and evaluator of their operations and activities, he had oversight of audits, inspections, and investigations domestically and abroad, including at 260 diplomatic missions in 163 countries and international broadcasting operations in 61 languages that reached an audience of more than 100 million people around the world.    As Inspector General, Mr. Krongard also oversaw the audits of the annual financial statements of the State Department, and his Office of  Inspector General performed numerous financial and management audits and inspections of worldwide programs and operations within the Department such as Afghanistan and Iraq Reconstruction, Police Training in those two countries, Counter-Narcotics Programs, U.S. Embassy operations and construction including the New Embassy Compound in Iraq, Rule-of-Law Programs, Visa and Passport activities, etc.  He was also a statutory Federal Law Enforcement Officer heading a small Law Enforcement Agency and served as Chair of the Board of External Auditors of the Organization of American States (OAS).

Executive Managing Director

Over 35 years conducting and supervising foreign and domestic civil and criminal investigations. Executive management and tactical positions with the DEA, the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) and US Customs. 15 years in the private sector serving as Executive Managing Director of Kroll Inc., a publicly traded global consulting firm. Extensive experience in China, Europe, the Philippines, Latin and Central America, the Caribbean and Africa. He is fluent in German

Executive Director - Latin America Legal Affairs

Carolina Obarrio is a highly respected successful litigator licensed to practice law in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  She serves as only one of eight Argentine “Foreign Legal Consultants” registered with the State Bar of Florida authorizing her to practice Argentine law in Florida.  She is also a member of the Florida Bar International Law Section, The Standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, and the ADR Section.  Carolina Obarrio provides business advisory and compliance services to law firms and multi-national companies operating around the world, especially in Latin America. She has extensive knowledge and expertise with Latin American government regulatory and legal systems.  Specifically, Obarrio has expertise in commercial litigation and complex foreign investigations especially involving compliance, ethics and fraud allegations; international law and international arbitration, mediation and other ADR procedures; risk mitigation and project management.  Obarrio has represented multinational clients in multiple nations in Latin America, Europe and the US.  She currently serves as the Secretary General of the Inter-American Bar Association, the oldest international bar association in the Americas.  She is fluent in Spanish, English and conversant in French.

Executive Director – Investigations & Corporate Intelligence, Western Hemisphere

Mr. Barbosa is an Executive Director at Veritas Assurance Partners, in charge of investigations and corporate intelligence in the western hemisphere. Mr. Barbosa has more than twenty five (25) years of combined experience in business intelligence & corporate investigations, consulting and legal positions, in the United States and Latin America. During his career, Mr. Barbosa has conducted and managed a wide range of high profile investigations involving fraud, asset searching, due diligence, background, and litigation-related matters, among others, throughout the U.S. and Latin America, as well as in various locations in the Caribbean and Europe. Mr. Barbosa is licensed to practice law in Mexico, where for several years he represented companies and individuals in both criminal and civil cases, including corporate and business matters. He received his Master’s degree in Comparative Law from the University of Miami School of Law, in Coral Gables, Florida, and his Juris Doctorate degree from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, in Mexico. Mr. Barbosa is fluent in English and Spanish.