Private Investigation Explained Simply
People’s ideas of private investigators don’t often align with what we do. Here are the 5 most common services rendered by private investigators, plus how long they take and what they cost.
If a background check was run on you, here’s what would be in it
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.
The Truth About Asset Searches: What can be found & how
Here’s exactly what can be found in an asset search, and what methodologies can be used to discover the data.
Financial ignorance in marriage costs everything in divorce
Financial ignorance is when a partner knows nothing about the financial affairs of their own home. During a divorce, it can cost women everything.
Case of the week: Financial infidelity
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.
How to avoid investment scams (Investigate financial advisers using little or no money)
A few days ago, the Los Angeles Times reported that Irvine Police Department detectives had arrested three people in connection with an elaborate plot to defraud more than a dozen people for nearly a million dollars. As the case unfolds, there is no doubt this number will go even higher. The scheme was not elaborate,…
The Frenchman’s secret bank account
In 2012, Jerome Cahuzac, the then Budget Minister of France, was forced to leave the French cabinet after it was exposed that he had hidden assets in the form of millions that were stashed away in secret bank accounts in Switzerland and Singapore. It has recently been reported by many publications, including the Daily Mail,…
Men hiding funds during divorce?
Over the years, we have discovered that people can be very inventive when it comes to hiding away their assets during a divorce or when filing for bankruptcy. There are many options available and people who want to safeguard their money will go to great lengths. In this post, I discuss the common types of…
The Case of the 3 Million Dollar Theft Investigation
A hospital in Illinois recently hired the private investigators at Martin Investigative Services to perform a theft investigation involving a fraudulent order for $3 million worth of computers. We found the money in a bank in Curacao and retrieved the funds and retrieved the money for the client.
The Case of the Hollywood Celebrity Divorce Bugs
In the case of a celebrity divorce, when two famous and powerful people in Hollywood go to war in court, each side has the money to hire multiple attorneys, private investigators, forensic accountants, and other experts. A few years ago, Martin Investigative Services was retained by a celebrity in this situation. When our client disregarded…