In "The Perils of Ponzis", published in the November/December 2010 edition of Canadian Lawyer, Jim Patterson discusses the complexities of helping victims recover funds in Ponzi schemes, "It's not just a simple debt collection. The money often goes offshore and there are many documents that are part of the case that some lawyers who don't do these cases often may not be familiar with... What you need is to devise an action plan and bring that to the courts to seek recovery on behalf of the victims."