Author Archive: Kelly Riddle
Elder Abuse and Nursing Home Investigations
The nursing home industry has failed to police themselves and the state agencies that regulate the facilities have failed to police themselves or the facilities. This lack of self-policing is causing families to come forward in increasing numbers to file lawsuits against the nursing home facilities. Large jury awards are being handed out in these [...]
Understanding and Fighting Fraud
On the fundamental level, Webster’s Dictionary defines fraud as “deception in order to gain by another’s loss; craft; trickery; guile“. As the owner of a private investigation company, I have found that on a practical level, fraud is much more and takes many diverse scenarios. Fraud is a loose term that is somewhat over-used within [...]
Using Private Investigator Subcontractors: Fortune or Curse?
For most private investigators, sub-contracting assignments is like stepping off into the proverbial black hole. Many have had bad experiences, while some have never sub-contracted to other PI’s and instead simply turn away the client. There are several points-of-view that frame the idea of subcontracting, one being “the best thing I can do for my [...]
Defending the Defender: Inadequate and Negligent Security Investigations
Our agency was employed by an attorney that represented a security guard company in a negligence lawsuit. The facts of the case involved a security company that had the contract at a college to provide 24-hour on-site armed security. During registration, a security guard was sitting in a room assisting with taking money as the [...]
