Headlines from the last year or so have been filled with stories of our government and others wiretapping everyone from private citizens to members of the Senate. Unfortunately, wiretaps aren’t the exclusive domain of the government. Many people have had the rude awakening of finding out competitors, business partners, ex-lovers and others have been tapping…
Seeing Brittany Through Daddy’s Private Eyes The premiere of The New York Times documentary “Controlling Britney Spears” has brought new and explosive revelations to what started two and a half years ago as a small fan-based fringe movement https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9445049/free-britney-spears-movement-started/ The #FreeBritney campaign has now reached a fever pitch. The documentary features Alex Vlasov, a…
The #1 question I am asked about bug sweeps (electronic eavesdropping detection sweeps) is: Can you find a hidden camera in my bedroom?
The answer is an unequivocal yes. And we do find them. If there is a hidden camera in your house, there’s a 90% chance it’s going to be in your bedroom.
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.
Over the past 60 days, Martin Investigative Services has received a significantly higher amount of inquiries from corporations that want bug sweep / TCSM services. What really might grab you is that they are requesting sweeps of residential homes. Traditionally about 80% of the bug sweep requests we receive come from executives in corporate America,…
When you find yourself in need of bug sweep services, take a crash course on exactly how bug sweeps work. Then, understand that the vast majority of private investigators and technicians that offer bug sweeps are fakers and pretenders.
A general breakdown regarding when it is okay to use hidden recording equipment, when you could be breaking the law, and what makes a hidden camera illegal.
I wanted to write a post all about bug sweeps: How much they cost, what they entail, what the find rate is, what that means to the consumer, and the common situations where people are planting hidden cameras and listening devices.
No matter how diligent people think they have been in hiring a private investigator, there is one area where people usually get ripped-off. It is the biggest lie in our business, and it has been for the past seventy years.
When I became a licensed private investigator in 1981, I was often asked by clients to determine in there were “bugs” in their home, offices or vehicles.
In 2018, the “hit rate” for us finding a monitoring device or camera in a home or business has risen to 16%.
