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  • Signs an Employee May Need to Find Another Place to Spend 8 Hours a Day

    Signs an Employee May Need to Find Another Place to Spend 8 Hours a Day

    Signs an Employee May Need to Find Another Place to Spend 8 Hours a Day They arrive late for work They do not take pride in their appearance and show up for work looking like they just rolled out of bed They constantly complain about not having money and are always borrowing money They take…

  • Do I Need to Hire a Private Investigator?

    Do I Need to Hire a Private Investigator?

    Life Happens…sometimes we oversee our path and other times we are influenced by choices made by others. When situations arise out of our control and cannot be handled from within, we reach out for help. can be that source to help with life-changing matters. 10 Reasons You May NOT Need to Hire a Private Investigator…

  • The Proof Is in The Details

    The Proof Is in The Details

    A couple of years ago, one of our corporate clients contacted our office stating that his employees were stealing valuable copper scrap from their manufacturing facility and they were losing profit due to theft in the workplace. First, he had admitted that his company was guilty of improper employment background checks, specifically a criminal background…

  • Anyone Can Be Sexually Harassed, Proving It Is What Matters

    Anyone Can Be Sexually Harassed, Proving It Is What Matters

    Sexual Harassment Is Sometimes Hard To Prove. There are always three sides to every story.  His……Hers…..and the Truth, but when Laquita came in our office and sobbingly explained that no one at her workplace believed she was being sexually harassed by a supervisor at her workplace, we did.   She was very convincing.  A large man, twenty years her…

  • 5 Red Flags You’re A Victim Of Corporate Espionage

    5 Red Flags You’re A Victim Of Corporate Espionage

    This article is Part 2 of a 3-part series. The purpose of the series is to familiarize the reader with the most common indicators of corporate espionage and advice on how to combat it. This advice is a compilation of our experience at while investigating these types of cases. For a description of the differences…

  • When Creepy Stalker Notes Turn Out to be Something Else

    When Creepy Stalker Notes Turn Out to be Something Else

    Marti found the first anonymous note lying on top of paperwork on her desk when she came back from lunch break. It was hand printed on common lined paper that was folded in half. The printing was bold and slanted slightly to the left. To Marti, it looked like a man’s writing. The note said,…

  • Drown the Pool Contractor

    Drown the Pool Contractor

    A middle aged couple came into our office with a very peculiar request.  They had contracted a pool company to install a fiberglass pool in their backyard.  It had been a dream of theirs to have their kids and grandkids could come over and enjoy day long activities with them. It was in early November…

  • Don’t Get Scammed into Puny Background Investigations

    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?…

  • Investigation Teaches a Business Lesson to an Unsuspecting Teen

    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…

  • Employment Background Checks Help Spot Fake Diplomas

    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…