Category: Background Checks
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What’s the Best Thing You Can Do When it Comes to Partnerships?
One thing we have come to realize at is that our business is emotional. Not that we are emotional, but that emotions run high with our clients. It’s obvious that finding a missing person or pursuing evidence to exonerate someone wrongfully convicted or charged with a crime would be emotional. You might not think that…
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What Causes 33% of All Business Bankruptcies?
It isn’t uncommon for the phone to start ringing at at the beginning of calendar quarters – you know, January, April, July and October. We don’t always know who will be on the other end of the line – small business owners, financial officers, or sometimes an attorney. But we know why they are calling…
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Don’t Get Scammed into Puny Background Investigations
Whew! Just do a Google search for Background Investigation and see the more than 33,400,000 results pop up! You would think that there would not be any chance of a person being hoodwinked with the number of “services” out there to reveal the con artists and scammers. But you would be wrong. Why is that?…
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Investigation Teaches a Business Lesson to an Unsuspecting Teen
Parenting is a tough job, especially when you want to protect your child and she is a very headstrong teen who thinks she understands everything about the way the world works. At least that was the comment from a worried parent who called . Katy* got her first job at the local ice cream shop…
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Employment Background Checks Help Spot Fake Diplomas
In a tough job market, job searchers can become desperate and willing to do anything to get a job – including lying about their education with fake diplomas obtained from non-existent universities. To keep from getting duped and facing future consequences, employers need to conduct thorough background investigations on potential employees to detect the phonies…
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Finding Hidden Assets after a Relative Dies
A colleague was sharing a story the other day about an old women who was dying and had only a few weeks to live. However, the women absolutely refused to create a will or even reveal her assets to her family. Even though her children treated her well and never asked her for any money,…
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Investigation Proves You Can’t Be in Two Places at One Time
In the investigative business, one day is never like the next. At , we happen to like the fact that we might work with a few insurance companies, to find the truth about suspected insurance fraud and then go directly to a case involving suspected employee embezzlement. From there, it’s not a bit unusual for…
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Protect Your Business from Theft in the Workplace
“I can’t believe I didn’t see it.” Riley had run his own business for years. He’d had hundreds of employees, some of which had stayed for years and retired from his company. So when his attorney brought him in, it was obvious he was both surprised and shocked that he could possibly be in this…
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Burglary and Trickery Foiled by TSCM
After years of providing investigative services, here at , there are some things we understand. When someone’s home is burgled, the residents often lose the feeling of being safe and secure. But when someone’s homes is invaded twice in a very short time frame, that fear is mixed with confusion and uncertainty. Sandy* had moved…
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Solid Investigation Prevents Scammers from Bullying Victims
When Paul and his attorney came into the and shared his story, we were not exactly shocked. Like our staff, Paul is well aware of numerous scamming attempts made by criminals. Despite that knowledge, he found himself a victim. It all began on a congested city street one snowy afternoon around rush hour. Paul was…