Company | CertifID

Wire fraud stops with us.

We’re the only company dedicated to preventing real estate wire fraud with advanced software, insurance, and proven recovery services.

Our vision

A world without wire fraud.

Our mission

To protect the world’s most important financial transactions.

Our Values

Our culture emphasizes GRIT. These values guide how we protect our customers, push ourselves, and build something that matters.

Guard the customer

We exist to protect people, their money, and their trust. We start with their problem and build secure solutions worthy of the responsibility.

Raise the bar

Growth is something we choose every day. We push ourselves to learn, improve, and do our best work.

Influence Outcomes

Leadership is how you show up. We take ownership, act with urgency, and follow through.

Teamwork Wins

Great work is a team effort. We show up for each other, communicate openly, and get better together.

Our Story

After law school, Tom Cronkright and a classmate founded Sun Title, a title company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ten years later, one of their employees wired $180,000 to a fraudulent account. This single case of wire fraud nearly sank the company and changed Cronkright’s life forever.

Fighting fraud in court

“There was no clear process for recovering this kind of loss,” remembers Cronkright. “There was no assistance from federal or state authorities. Our only hope for recovery was through civil litigation.” So began a two-year-long effort to recover the stolen money that ended with Tom testifying in front of the US Department of Justice.

Sun Title went up against a global crime syndicate that was responsible for more than $3B in wire fraud attempts in just five years. Cronkright and his partner managed to recover 78% of the money. But the threat wasn’t going away. As digital banking evolved, so would the scammers’ techniques.

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Software that stops fraud

Sun Title was the target of many more wire fraud attempts. “We dealt with spoofed emails, compromised accounts and targeted attacks,” says Cronkright. “We even had a couple more near-misses.” To protect themselves, the Sun Title team developed an app for internal use, and soon realized it was technology they had to share. Tyler Adams joined the company to help Cronkright and the team build an enterprise grade SaaS (Software as a Service) product that changed best practices for the title industry.

Today, CertifID is the top-rated wire fraud protection software on the planet. And if the unthinkable happens, our fraud recovery team is ready to step in and use its partnership with the US Secret Service to help you recover as much of your money as possible as soon as possible.

Leadership Team

Our team continues to grow and represents a wide variety of professional and personal backgrounds. But we all share the same goal: to stop wire fraud and keep your money out of the hands of criminals. We’re led by a team committed to building the world’s best company for wire fraud protection.