Millions of people will get engaged during the next few months, with almost three million people changing their status on Facebook to engaged.
From my chair as President of Martin Investigative Services in Newport Beach, California, it means dozens of requests for background investigations and reports on their sons and daughter’s future mates.
You’ve probably wondered at some point: If someone ran a background check on me, what would be in it?
Believe me when I say you would be shocked at what’s actually in these reports: I’m a private investigator whose agency performs hundreds of these background checks and asset searches every year.
The sheer amount of data in these reports is staggering: Many of them are a hundred pages or more.
“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.”
The skills and knowledge of private investigators can help businesses make informed decisions and protect their assets. Here are the top 5 reasons every business needs a private investigator.
So you’re ready to walk down the aisle with the love of your life. But have you done all your homework?
By and large, these divorces are usually a direct result of one or more of three things: infidelity, substance abuse, and/or money problems.
Here I’ll explain two easy things you can do before marriage to save yourself from these problems.
Financial ignorance is when a partner knows nothing about the financial affairs of their own home. During a divorce, it can cost women everything.
Last year, longtime Subway spokesman Jared Fogle was convicted of possessing child pornography and traveling across state lines to pay for sex with minors. This resulted in a sentence of fifteen years in federal prison, where he is reportedly eating a steady diet of knuckle sandwiches these days.
This is not just another sordid story of just how fast and far someone can fall – it is also a perfect case study of a wakeup call for corporate America with regard to background checks.
In any divorce due to an affair, you’re going to see financial infidelity – the hiding of assets.
Our case of the week involves a woman in exactly this situation.
Unfortunately, child sexual abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church, have become almost routine over the past 34 years. Today’s case of the week involves a diocese in another state that asked for our assistance. A priest had been accused of molesting a 17-year-old female. The Bishop, who is in reality the CEO of a…
Online dating websites purport only the positive: Romances being kindled and developed through them. In my world as a private investigator, many of the clients I see in the online dating world have broken hearts and a lot less money in their accounts. Our case of the week involves “Sara”, a San Diego, California ophthalmologist.…
