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  • Discovery, Depositions and Findings

    Discovery, Depositions and Findings

    We had a Client, James who started and built a booming business with his longtime friend, Bill.  Bill was outgoing, charismatic while James was more laid back and book smart, while both had the desire and knowledge to start a company.  For years, growing up, through high school and college, they knew they wanted to…

  • Is it Employee Embezzlement?

    Is it Employee Embezzlement?

    A very depressed-looking business owner came in for an appointment at . We are accustomed to clients or prospective clients arriving emotionally charged, either very angry or hurt, but they don’t usually act like this gentleman. Once talking, he explained that he was “darn near just ready to chuck it all in.” He said he…

  • Protect Your Business from Theft in the Workplace

    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…

  • Private Investigators Pull it All Out to Find Evidence to Refute False Accusations

    Private Investigators Pull it All Out to Find Evidence to Refute False Accusations

    We never know what the next phone call will bring us here at . Some of the most demanding cases have been those when someone is blamed for something that they did not do. It could be as serious as a felony where they face a long prison term, an accusation of employee embezzlement or…

  • Be ‘In the Know” in the Beginning Because Breaking Up is Hard Enough

    Be ‘In the Know” in the Beginning Because Breaking Up is Hard Enough

    Have you ever heard the nursery rhyme about the little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead? There’s a line that says: When she was good, she was very, very good, when she was bad, she was awful! Aren’t most things like that? People are happy and excited and get married, or…

  • Is Your Work Environment Cultivating Theft by Employees?

    Is Your Work Environment Cultivating Theft by Employees?

    Objectivity is the cornerstone to a private investigator’s work – and success in doing that work. As we discuss here at offices, uncovering the truth is based on facts. We don’t make judgments other than those that help us follow-up or lead us to conclusions to further an investigation. Good investigators are keen observers and…

  • on the Case for Large and Small Clients

    on the Case for Large and Small Clients

    Since 1960, has proudly served as a professional helpmate to all types of cases. We have worked on numerous cases involving government agencies, municipalities, insurance companies, investors, business owners, bankers and bail bondsmen. More often than not, we can track down the guy guilty of employee embezzlement for thousands of dollars. We can even find…

  • Computer Forensics Uncovers Business Embezzlement

    Computer Forensics Uncovers Business Embezzlement

    For more than a year, Sam and Julie worried about their future as business owners. For some unknown reason, their successful business now struggled financially. Sam spent long nights carefully studying line items on the budget with Steve, their business partner. It was difficult for Julie to finally speak up. But when they again worried…

  • Hurrying Through Hiring and Skipping Background Investigation Has Consequences

    Hurrying Through Hiring and Skipping Background Investigation Has Consequences

    Years ago, Bill learned his lesson, which is the fact that you just can’t take anything at face value, especially people. Like all of those lessons that last a lifetime, Bill learned this information the hard way. It happened when he hired two new employees for the city courts system. There had not been enough…

  • Is It Theft if the Money is Used to Improve the Budget?

    Is It Theft if the Money is Used to Improve the Budget?

    With many budget cuts in the last few years, not-for-profit agencies have felt the sting. The workers in these agencies believe in their missions so they avoid extra spending. For example, the chairs at the free clinic still haven’t been replaced. At the shelter for victims of domestic violence, the roof has leaked for two…