All Posts Tagged With: "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
American Private Investigator August 2010 Podcast is Live!
This State of the Private Investigative Industry Podcast Reveals Recent Trends and Challenges, What’s Changing, How Firms are Adapting, and the Opportunities Ahead for Savvy Firms.
The August 2010 podcast of The American Private Investigator features Mike McIntee with the API News Update and a state of the P. I. industry roundtable with Peter Psarouthakis [...]
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
Ethics in an Electronic Era: 50 Ways to Get in Ethical Trouble with Technology
Editor’s note: This article was originally written for attorneys but we felt that each of these ethical pitfalls applied to professional investigators, too.
Technology makes everything easier and faster. In fact, it makes it possible to commit malpractice at warp speed. We can fail to represent diligently, lose our clients data, perform incompetently, and violate the [...]
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
Every Private Investigator Needs a Digital Audio Recorder
Working in an office has its advantages; setting reminders on your computer or jotting down quick notes doesn’t require much more effort than picking up a pen and a post-it. However, if you’re an investigator in the field, using a pen and paper is a daunting and inefficient solution for keeping notes during a busy [...]
12Apr2010 | Private Investigator Gear and GPS Tracking Equipment | 2 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
March 2010 American Private Investigator Podcast: Property Titles and Indigent Criminal Defense
The March 2010 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, digs into property title forensics research methods and the types of patterns typically revealed, ISPLA’s recent activity with indigent criminal defense issues, positive feedback on ISPLA’s liability insurance program, coverage of the recent NALI Midwinter Conference, upcoming industry event dates and [...]
5Mar2010 | Paul Jaeb | 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
Deterring Unfriendly Dogs While on Assignment
We all know that encountering dogs can be a problem while working in the field; I’ve had many unfriendly canine confrontations while working bail enforcement and private investigation assignments and while process serving. In many rural areas, you just cannot avoid dogs on the loose altogether. Stephanie Mitchell wrote an excellent article about preventing and [...]
10Feb2010 | Private Investigator Gear and GPS Tracking Equipment | 3 comments | Continued
