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)
Post discusses how investors can avoid investment scams by investigating financial advisers using a small amount of time and very little (or no) money.
The Frenchman’s secret bank account
Post discusses the case of Jerome Cahuzac, hidden assets and secret bank accounts.
Men hiding funds during divorce?
A list of common online asset searches, the 3 main types of asset searches, what’s included, how they work, and what to do if your spouse is hiding funds.
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 our specific advice, it ended up costing him multiple millions of dollars more in his divorce settlement.