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How well do you know the people who are working for you or providing care for someone you love? You may feel as though you know them, but the truth is you only know a tiny sliver about that person, and chances are good that you know even less about their past. Yet, many people…
Many companies, even those who have a good human resources department, find that they are sometimes hiring employees with checkered pasts and issues without knowing it until too late. Some potential employees have things they are trying to hide, and without due diligence, it can be next to impossible to find these problems before they…
If you are responsible for hiring in your company, you may have noticed that the resumes of some potential employees are sparkling. They may not give you all the facts, however. You often will want to learn more about candidates for jobs in your company, so that you can make well-informed decisions. Checking Criminal Records…
Martin Featured in OCBJ – Modern Day PI Featured in: Editor’s Note: Thomas G. Martin, a former supervisory Federal agent, is the owner of Martin Investigative Services, a Newport Beach-based private investigation firm with 22 private investigators, many of whom are former agents with the FBI, DEA, IRS and Secret Service. What follows are…
I want to thank both Girolamo Candela and Mary Lozada for taking the time to write the following kind reviews.
People’s ideas of private investigators don’t often align with what we do. Here are the 5 most common services rendered by private investigators, plus how long they take and what they cost.
COVID has made things very difficult for cheating spouses. Single people find themselves extremely lonely. How to investigate someone you’ve met online, and why you should run a background check prior to getting married.
As a professional private investigator and a former Federal agent, it can be very hard for me to watch television. With rare exception, nearly every Hollywood depiction of private investigation and criminal investigation consistently gets it wrong. (I’ve written a few posts about the Hollywood vs. reality aspect of private investigation: here, here and here.)…
You’ve probably wondered at some point: If someone ran a background check on me, what would be in it?
Believe me when I say you would be shocked at what’s actually in these reports: I’m a private investigator whose agency performs hundreds of these background checks and asset searches every year.
The sheer amount of data in these reports is staggering: Many of them are a hundred pages or more.
Here’s exactly what can be found in an asset search, and what methodologies can be used to discover the data.
