Private Investigation
Top 40 Red Flags which May Indicate Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Claims adjusters look for the presence of red flags in workers’ compensation (WC) claims to determine whether or not a claim is legitimate. Red flags consist of particular conditions or behaviors commonly found in fraudulent claims. While the primary responsibility of recognizing red flags lies with both employers and claims adjusters. Private investigators should [...]
6Aug2010 | Scott Fulmer | 1 comment | Continued
The Electronic Peephole: Digital Evidence in Family Law Investigations
Editor’s note: This article was originally written for attorneys concerning questions that often arise out of family law disputes but as private investigators are often called on to investigate matters involving divorce, infidelity and child custody matters we are often asked about the application of technology to develop evidence and information. The topics discussed [...]
18Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Solving Cases with Voice Stress Analysis (VSA) Technology
From CSI to Lie to Me, people all around the world are becoming entranced with what goes on behind the scenes in computer forensics. Some of the technology that they have in these shows can seem far-fetched or unbelievable, but how far off is Hollywood from the reality of what the investigators can have at [...]
4Jun2010 | Brad Schlerf | 1 comment | Continued
Pending New Hampshire Private Investigator Licensing Law
News from NALI (original message from Alan Tate) regarding New Hampshire Private Investigator licensing:
“The New Hampshire League of Investigators (NHLI) is proud to announce that House Bill 651, a bill relative to regulation of private investigation agencies and security services (The NH PI Bill) passed both the House and Senate on June 2nd and is [...]
Forensic Case Review & Analysis for Criminal Defense Investigations
In Criminal defense investigations a comprehensive examination of the prosecution’s evidence can reveal the flaws of inconsistencies, errors, and omissions. An attack upon the very foundation of their case can topple the inverted pyramid supporting the theory of prosecution. It is important to remember that the documents provided via the discovery process are in fact [...]
10May2010 | Brandon A. Perron | 3 comments | Continued
Data, Knowledge and the Private Investigator
I’m a reader. I tear through a magazine in a couple of hours, reading, consuming, and drinking in information. I like to discover what others are thinking, what topics are hot, what’s happening in the greater world…outside of our little burg of Nashville. I surf industry related blogs. I subscribe to several business related magazines. [...]
4May2010 | Thomas H. Humphreys | 0 comments | Continued
The Basics of Mortgage Fraud
In monitoring fraud activity across the United States, it has been no surprise to see so much attention to and interest in mortgage related frauds. Among the myriad of mortgage fraud schemes that exist, they generally fall into one of two categories, depending on their intended purpose: for property (i.e. housing) or for profit.
Fraud for [...]
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 [...]
12Apr2010 | Kelly Riddle | 6 comments | Continued
Reviewing and Understanding Autopsy Reports
Voltaire said ‘To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.’ This is the definitive task of the medicolegal death investigator and forensic pathologist. The course of the death investigation has multiple phases including:
scene investigation
body assessment
medical records
and the forensic autopsy
This is finalized in three documents:
the death certificate
the investigator’s report
and [...]
Asset Tracing & Investigative Techniques | Part I
Victims of fraud routinely seek monetary compensation or retribution. This series of articles will focus on the investigative techniques used to trace assets lost to fraud. How assets are identified and located is determined by the nature of the legal proceedings, and such proceedings may create the opportunity to trace assets held by fraudsters or [...]
29Mar2010 | IAAR | 0 comments | Continued
Missouri State Regulators Enforcing Private Investigator Licensing Requirement
Jefferson City, Mo. – State officials are reminding private investigators that they are now in violation of Missouri law if they are practicing without a private investigator license. A state law passed in 2007 requires private investigators to:
Submit to a background check
Pass a licensing exam
Meeting continuing education requirements
Carry professional liability insurance
Besides individual investigators, the law [...]
19Mar2010 | Scott Harrell | 0 comments | Continued
Surveillance: A Story from the Field
We got an assignment to drive up north close to the state line to work a surveillance involving a guy who was working light duty a few hours a day, two or three days a week because he had been injured on the job. He worked for a small manufacturing company near the edge of [...]
5Mar2010 | TW Person | 1 comment | Continued
A Culture of Infidelity?
Part 1: The Question
Do some settings tolerate, if not outright encourage, infidelity?
This idea knocked on our door last year. We had a couple of infidelity cases in an affluent suburb. On more than one occasion, independent cases from different clients, the team wound up sitting in the parking lot of the same fitness [...]
Property Title Forensics
Real estate title records are a valuable source of investigative intelligence. By going beyond a simple “title search”, an investigator can discover factual data and intangible patterns which cannot be found elsewhere. True title research goes beyond just a database search of online or electronic title records. Obtaining the actual physical documents for examination takes [...]
7Jan2010 | David Pelligrinelli | 0 comments | Continued
