These days, there are a number of companies and web sites that perform background checks.
More often than not these services offer results of mixed quality by using dated sources that provide only pieces of information, with no quality assurance or professional review.
When you get a background check at Martin Investigative Services, we use the largest database of public information in the United States.
Equally important: Your results are personally reviewed by private investigators who are former supervisory Federal agents.
I have used Martin Investigative Services since returning to the practice of law. Their work is first rate! Their reports are reliable, and if called upon to testify, Martin’s investigators are well prepared and extremely professional.
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Background checks are a relatively low-cost service that can save you substantial personal difficulty and expense.
Becoming informed, educated and aware in your personal and business life can help relieve undue stress and complications long term.
Our private investigators can provide you with detailed information on any individual in the United States to help you make informed personal or business decisions.
We have prepared pages about specific background checks to help you:
Criminal background checks, for discovering possible criminal records.
Employee background checks, for current employees.
Employment background checks, for pre-employment job candidate screening.
Personal background checks, for background information on a single person for any reason.
Background checks on yourself, for those concerned about what private information of theirs is publicly available to find.
Types of information available from background checks often includes, but is not limited to:
Martin Investigative Services has compiled the largest database of public information in the United States, and can use it to maximize the value of your actions, make personal decisions, or reduce business risk.
Our asset search services can identify assets and accounts in all fifty states and internationally, often when others cannot.
We have compiled the largest database of public information in the United States, and we can identify assets and accounts across the globe, when others often cannot.
Former DEA, FBI, IRS, and Secret Service agents personally review the results of your background checks and go over them with you.
We provide quality background investigation services with an unmatched success rate. We provide you with confidence and peace of mind.
Sometimes local records must be reviewed in person. We have a national network of experienced private investigators to do this.
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Entering into a business partnership or contract? A criminal background check can help you avoid getting scammed.
Hiring the wrong individual is expensive. We can run background checks on both job candidates and current employees.
Talking to someone online? Want us to verify the person you are talking to is real and legitimate? A personal background check is for you.
Every day, private information about you is bought, sold and stored on numerous servers across the country.
Many people are curious about their own private data in the public sphere, or past actions that might come back to haunt them.
Our asset search services can identify hidden accounts in all fifty states and internationally – often when others cannot.
Background checks are a relatively low-cost service that can save substantial personal difficulty and expense. Becoming informed, educated and aware in personal and business arenas can help relieve undue stress and complications long term.
Criminal background checks discover possible criminal records. Employee background checks are used to screen current employees. Employment background checks are used for pre-employment job candidate screening. Personal background checks can be run for background information on a single person for any reason. People sometimes choose to run background checks on themselves in order to discover what private information of theirs is publicly available to find.
Types of information available from background checks often includes, but is not limited to: Known addresses, Known phone numbers, Court records, Marriage records, Driving records, Bankruptcies, Property liens, Business ownership, Credit history, Public record search, Employment references, Education verification, Character reference checks, Gaps in employment history, Criminal history, Military records, Licensing records, Polygraph tests, Birth certificate or legal status, Litigation records, & Drug tests.
A private party met with us in our Mission Viejo office, and wanted to investigate a candidate running for political office.
Our private investigators ran a thorough background check and performed surveillance.
We discovered that the subject was not living in the district in which he was running, and that he was having an affair.
As a result, this person dropped out of the race.
The private investigators at Martin Investigative Services provide background checks and surveillance services for a number of reasons. We are experts at producing results. Contact us for a free, confidential consultation.
The new haircut and polished shoes of today’s job applicant may be hiding a past of thievery and folly. Thomas G. Martin, founder of Martin Investigative Services, helps employers find that out before they hire.
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Private investigator Thomas Martin is quoted in this article about online dating and privacy: How giving out your phone number can be a bad idea.
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Thomas G. Martin, founder of Martin Investigative Services, appeared on Business Insanity Talk Radio with Barry Moltz to discuss financial infidelity and financial ignorance, and what spouses can do to protect themselves from financial ignorance.
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“Predators know where to find prey,” says Thomas G. Martin, private investigator and former federal agent with the U.S. Department of Justice. “To a con artist, dating sites are a huge pool of potential marks putting themselves out there, looking for love [and] sometimes a little too willing to suspend disbelief and common sense.”
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I have known Tom Martin and used his services for many years. I trust him with the most challenging investigative tasks.
Professional and efficient, he and his staff leave no stone unturned to get the job done.
Martin Investigative Services is truly one of the best run organizations we have worked with. Fair, efficient and professional. Tom Martin in particular exudes confidence and experience and isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. That’s something we can rely on.
I have worked with Martin Investigative Services for our company investigations for close to 20 years. Tom and the team are always professional, skilled and get right to the heart of any assignment I have for them. I would highly recommend Martin Investigative Services for any workplace investigation.
It has been my pleasure to work with Martin Investigative Services over the past 30 plus years on many investigations as well as other security related matters. When I need answers and I need them fast I know that a simple call will get me answers that are succinct, current and coming from a supremely knowledgeable source.
My partner and I have utilized the services of Martin Investigative Services for in excess of 15 years. The services provided have ranged from simple background checks to covert surveillance and investigations into corporate malfeasance/conversion/theft of assets.
I have found Martin’s investigators conscientious, qualified, and most important of all, very credible to triers of fact when their testimony was necessary. Critical to any busy trial attorney is time. I have also found that upon turning an assignment over to Martin Investigative Services, I do not have to micromanage the assignment. It is done promptly and efficiently, with an eye toward the financial resources and capabilities of the client.
Tom Martin is thorough, knowledgeable and trustworthy. We have used Tom and his team to great success and will continue to do so.
Successful people know that to be the best, you model the best. I cannot recommend Martin PI any higher! In a five minute conversation with experienced people you can save thousands by bypassing sales types. They do this by cutting directly to the heart based on years and years of passionate pursuit of best practices and adding massive value to their clients. They are an invaluable part of my team and Tom is my most valued mentor!
I have known Tom Martin since 1984. I, as well as our company, have used Tom’s services over 30 years, personal as well as business. We have never been disappointed! Tom does what he says and I believe he is the BEST there is.
Thomas G. Martin is a private investigator who is highly regarded and widely used by attorneys and other clients in Orange County and nationwide.
I’ve represented individuals and businesses (international and local) for close to fifty years, and I’ve called on Martin Investigative Services more times than I can count, often on a rush basis, for help throughout the world, on a number of different types of assignments. I’ve never been disappointed. I’ve always received swift, cost-effective and USEFUL information, which has wound up “saving the bacon” of our clients and making us shine in their eyes. I recommend them without any reservation.
We have used Martin Investigative Services for three decades. Their work is exemplary; reports are perfect and their testimony is very professional, with great judge and jury appeal. We will not use anyone else for our investigations.
I have used Thomas Martin’s services for many years and have found his work to be of the highest standards. He gets the job done quickly, efficiently and reliably. He is aware of the law and always submits quality reports. I highly recommend Martin Investigative Services to any attorney, business or individual who is in need of a professional investigator.
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