A successful businessman had the gut feeling that his business partner’s death was no accident, and hired us to do a murder investigation, as the local police had not performed any sort of investigation.
As our investigators did their work, it quickly became apparent that the supposed accidental death was actually a murder.
When a family’s 22 year-old son went off his meds, travelled to Mexico City and fell off the radar, the family decided they needed to hire a private investigative agency that had experience with private investigation in Mexico. By utilizing our contacts in the area and sending an investigator familiar with the area, we were…
When an executive at a multi-billion-dollar corporation was awarded disability payments for worker’s comp claims, we were hired by the insurance company to follow the executive and make sure that his claims were legitimate and no insurance fraud was taking place. We didn’t know that an otherwise routine surveillance job would lead us from Los…
In a trial, an expert witness with a career’s worth of experience testifying before a jury can not only make your case – it can crush the other side. It also helps when the witness is a seasoned private investigator and former supervisory Federal agent. In this video, Thomas G. Martin discusses a case from…
A large soda pop manufacturer in Southern California suspected that they had a growing problem with employee theft, and called upon Martin Investigative Services to investigate. Management at the company recommended that we put undercover agents in their main factory. As this is a very expensive and time-intensive option, we convinced the executives to allow…
When a politician bluffs, you can count on the other side investigating and fact-checking everything. Private investigation services are often used to call bluffs by providing evidence. In a notable case, Martin Investigative Services performed an investigation that discovered 2 major factors that ended a local politician’s career.
Many cases at Martin Investigative Services involve women who suspect their their husband may be cheating on them. While not all of these cases result in confirmation of a cheating spouse, a lot of them do. Delivering the bad news can be challenging, but it’s important to do so in a way that is sensitive…
Thomas Martin’s first case as a private investigator involved a man convicted of raping his stepdaughter, who insisted he was innocent. Although initially reluctant to take the case, Martin eventually uncovered evidence that proved the man was actually being set up by his ex-wife and stepdaughter. Furthermore, Martin found that the supposed victim was dating…
When you are a licensed private investigator and former Federal agent, you can choose whether or not you want to carry a gun. Thomas G. Martin describes his reasons for not carrying a gun, and a horrible incident in which an agent was shot by undercover operatives.
Information leaks make headlines, as with the Edward Snowden/NSA case. Former Federal agent Thomas Martin, now president of Martin Investigative Services in Newport Beach, California, sees cases every day involving people in the business and private sectors falling victim to moles and leaks, often costing millions of dollars. “Be careful how you share information,” Martin…
