Tool: Remember the definition for sleazy did not come from me, but from a well known source Webster's Lexicon dictionary. By applying the characteristics you described to Webster's definition, the answer would be yes. As again, there was no proper documentation about the position of the woman you described, nor did the authorities who were hired to protect the investors perform the proper paper work and research. IMO, this can fit 'poor quality' which fits the definition of 'poor for sleazy . IMO, this qualifies both the woman and the authorities, that were supposed to validate credentials of people, as sleazy.
Time and the Creator of it are my friends