They lied about what books existed.
Not providing extra data is fine. Lying about what's available is something totally different. Business with multiple revenue lines. Consolidated books. Looked clean. But the P&L felt off — line items didn't match up. I asked the broker: "Is there another set of books?" "No. Everything's in that one set." Two weeks later, I tell my client: this doesn't feel complete. Ask the seller directly. Seller's response: "Oh yeah, we have a different set of books for the third entity. Did you need that?" Find out how we handled it in my new video: redacted