Tag: technical surveillance countermeasures
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Investigators Uncover That Supposed Failing Business Was Funding Thief
Sadly, Ryan and Zach agreed that their venture was well on its way to that proverbial ditch, where far too many small businesses land, deep in the mud of financial ruin. No matter how he tried, Ryan couldn’t pinpoint where they went wrong. He had been managing the expenses and cutting costs. He had an…
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Investigators Prove Not Every Business Partnership is Made in Heaven
Joe enjoyed weight lifting and staying in good shape. So when Brian, a fraternity brother, approached Joe with a business opportunity, the chance to buy into a gym intrigued him. Brian had a degree in sports management and he pointed out that Joe’s business degree, coupled with his interest in fitness, would be exactly what…
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Investigators Foil Psychic Scam
The variety of personal stories we hear at is endless, probably because humans are fallible and gullible. Unless you have been very down on your luck, depressed and worried about your future, you might not understand how a grown adult could be swindled by a wanna-be psychic. But Eric, a struggling actor, was not only…
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TSCM Foils Entrepreneurial Voyeur and His Spy Equipment
You’ve all seen the movies, but truth be told, actual real-life situations beat out most all of the movies. Take for instance the situation a recent call brought to . The caller was a professional woman in her 40s who we’ll call Mary – and she was beside herself. Mary had received a call from…
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Successor Busted in TSCM Investigation
Here at we use a lot of high tech equipment and software. But along with that comes years of investigative experience. And we employ both good old fashioned detective work with the digital tools in just about every case we handle. One case involved a son and his father and the company the father had…
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Suspicions Lead to Fruitful Bug Detection
We had a client who had taken on a special, highly confidential project at work. The reason he called was because he was concerned about inadvertently leaking information. He kept asking “Is my phone tapped?” He wasn’t paranoid, but suspicious. What made him suspicious? Electronic devices were acting “weird” and although he said he had…
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TSCM Sweep Rounds Up the Bad Guys
Truth is the basis for fictional story lines, that’s for sure. was called in on a case by an attorney that had a female client who was being blackmailed. The blackmailer said he had video of her inside her apartment in a 28-floor building. He described the apartment and conversations held there in detail so…
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RV TSCM Sweep Not a Joke
Comedy really is no laughing matter. No, it’s big business and people’s livelihoods. When a call came into from an attorney who said his client was a jokester, we weren’t quite sure what to expect. At first, we thought he was being sarcastic about something a client was asking him to do, but no, the…
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Bug Detection Out of the Office
During nice weather, business is conducted in a lot of places outside the office. Think the golf course or even on a boat. was called about Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) services from a financial planner’s attorney. His client had suddenly lost several clients to a specific competitor and was suspicious about why – and how.…
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Security Starts with TSCM
got a call from a CEO who was concerned about an upcoming board meeting. The board would be discussing some very confidential matters including the terms of the sale of the company. If news of the sale was leaked, it could damage not only the negotiations, but the financial health of the company and the…