Attorneys' Investigative Consultants
     

Member of a group of special investigators for Summa Corporation, the umbrella for the Howard Hughes’ holdings, in which capacity he maintained investigative cognizance over gaming and non-gaming activities at seven Nevada properties and at other Hughes businesses throughout the country. Investigative activities focused on apparent violations of law and of company policy. Mr. Kaplan successfully concluded investigations which focused on large scale gaming related embezzlement and externally directed cheating at gaming properties. He conducted investigations of purchasing procedures and identified certain vendors and suppliers as influenced or controlled by organized crime. He exposed a major breach of trust by a senior corporate official which involved an elaborate scheme to funnel kickbacks to that official and hidden interests by that official in contracts which he approved. He exposed another instance of embezzlement by the manager of a foreign based Hughes property. This enabled the company to secure a $500,000 judgment. Following the death of Howard Hughes, he conducted investigation in search of a valid Hughes will. Thereafter he was given the responsibility of coordinating all investigative activity in connection with the search for the lost Hughes will.