The Wall Street Journal published an article the other day about why red flags were missed in background checks on a number of high-profile cases in which an employee’s “prior transgression or act of concealment embarrasses a well-known company or university.” The article highlights a number of recent episodes in which executives at Yahoo, Veritas Software, […]
Below is a roundup of our most popular posts in 2013. As Seth Godin says, “‘best’ is rarely the same as ‘popular’”; that’s a list for another day. Nevertheless, here are the posts that spurred up the most traffic. Which one is your favorite? ———— 1 Find Someone on Facebook Without Even Knowing Their Name […]
A few years ago, I was working on a case with a large investigative firm in New York. It was a big case with big implications. While the investigative team had some big breakthroughs during the course of the investigation, one of the key elements of the case was the surveillance video. And we’re not […]
On Sunday, the New York Times reported that Ikea has been “spying” on its French employees between 2002 and 2012, and had paid more than €475,000 to private investigators for things such as “vetting of job applicants” or “efforts to build cases against employees accused of wrongdoing.” The article goes on to report that the […]
“Can you find connections between people and organizations,” is a frequent request in this business. Perhaps it is a corporate officer who is not acting independently. Maybe lucrative contracts are being funneled to a friend or relative. Or certain business dealings seem to favor one organization over another. It may be that you just want […]
Private investigators are frequently called upon to find current and former employees of a company. These searches play a large role in investigations tailored to litigators and investors. Employees are often the best sources of information for insider knowledge of corporate culture, company structure and relationships, policies and procedures, and even potential malfeasance by individuals […]
A little more than 12 years ago, in one of my first weeks on the job, I was speaking with a colleague named Jeff. He had been a private investigator for more than five years. He said that when people asked him what he did, he replied that he was a garbage man. I could […]
Criminal record checks are mostly crap. There. I said it. That might be a little harsh. They are still an important piece of conducting a background check, but they are mostly done poorly and give people a false sense of security. Previously, I’ve explained how commercially available criminal record check sites don’t work anyway. Also, […]
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