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.
Many easily turn over their cellphone number to social media, retail and other companies without thinking twice.
Scary?
Yes it is – a person’s cellphone number is the new social security number, according to Thomas G. Martin, President of Martin Investigative Services and former agent with the Federal Department of Justice.
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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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Not everybody needs an attorney or thinks their mate is cheating on them. I’m hoping that people will read the three or four chapters that pertain to them at this particular point in their lives.
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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.
MIS took the time to help me obtain more information on some traffic tickets from over 15 years ago that came up on a background check. With the county courts closed due to Coronavirus, I was struggling to find this information on my own and I needed to provide this information right away. Tom Martin took time out of his morning to help me with the additional information needed – he was very knowledgeable and delivered this within the same hour!
I am very grateful for Tom and highly recommend MIS. 5 stars all around. THANK YOU TOM!
I have known Tom Martin and used Martin Investigative Services for over a decade. They have been our exclusive resource for all our corporate investigative work and have never let us down once in all those years. Their work has always been of the highest professional level.
I have no reservations whatsoever in endorsing Mr. Martin and his firm. Their service to us has always reflected the highest integrity and quality and we continue to rely on Tom with the utmost confidence.
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 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.
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.
I am proud to state that I have exclusively used the professional services of Tom Martin and his firm for more than 20 years. Whenever the need arises for a private investigator, the only name that I consider for my clients is Tom. In my 40 year career as a family lawyer, I recognized the importance of professional investigators. Unfortunately, many of the investigators that I have encountered have not satisfied the professional standard that I expect. I have utilized the firm in some very delicate and discrete investigations and situations requiring a strong security presence. In every engagement, both my clients and myself have been completely satisfied. I have I have no reservations in endorsing Tom and his firm for any investigative assignments.
Tom Martin is thorough, knowledgeable and trustworthy. We have used Tom and his team to great success and will continue to do so.
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 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.
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.
The company continues to provide excellent service. Their response time and customer service is on point, even when faced with my issues I tend to throw on their plate. I deal with state and federal regulators that value the quality of their report services. Happy to recommend them.
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Newport Beach, CA 92660
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