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A Private Detective’s Approach to Intelligence Gathering [INFOGRAPHIC]

In today’s information age, the clichéd old-school private detective has dropped their fedora and library card and turned to the Internet and investigative databases to gather intelligence. Although this approach has tremendous value for its speed, cost effectiveness and ability to broadly search a wide variety of records, relying on the Internet and database records has […]

Can a Private Investigator Get Phone Records?

Up until about 2006, phone records could be easily obtained by a private investigator (or anyone with a credit card and Internet connection) for as little as $100 through various online vendors.  In order to obtain phone records, these services would typically use pretexting, where an individual would falsely identify themselves as the owner of […]

Lessons from Barry Minkow – A Tiger Doesn’t Change its Stripes

Barry Minkow, a “reformed” fraudster, was charged yesterday for his role in disseminating false information about Lennar Corp. in 2009. According to the criminal complaint, Minkow published false and misleading information about Lennar Corp., calling the company a Ponzi scheme, while profiting from Lennar’s falling stock with options contracts.  More than 20 years ago, in […]