We live in a world with more data available to investigators than any other time in history so that should result in better investigations, right? Not necessarily according to a recent article in Government Computer News (GCN) which shows a more complete picture of big data’s role in investigations. The story states that there’s a […]
Texas Tech Chancellor Announces New Background Check Policy for Foreign Students The old proverb goes “A chain is no stronger than its weakest link…” And that is also the case when trying to protect university level lab intellectual property from the prying eyes of foreign governments. In a CBS News report, the Chancellor of the […]
Airbnb Criminal Background Check Policy Sparks Consumer Backlash Bethany Hallam has made no secret about her past struggles with drug addiction. She ran for her current seat on the Allegheny County Council in Pennsylvania on a platform of improving the county’s jail and public transportation system because she’d spent time in that jail and lost […]
In November, Washington D.C.’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit against Dan Snyder, owner of the city’s National Football League team. The complaint alleges that Snyder colluded with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Snyder is accused of deceiving fans and residents about the NFL’s investigation into the team’s allegedly toxic workplace culture and accusations of sexual […]
Is it fun for you guys, referring to PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, to spend hours to creep on somebody just to find out things anyone could find on google? Do you feel proud? This is a real comment posted as a question in response to one of our prior videos. Let’s start with some statistics… Google has […]
Wicked Town Gang Investigation Starts Small, but Brings Down Large Drug Organization According to many news sources, the case that brought down one of Chicago’s most notoriously violent gang factions started small. What grew out of those early strands became the Wicked Town racketeering case, one of the biggest gang prosecutions in years at the […]
Dozens of internal FBI documents revealed to the New York Times show that FBI officials came close to deploying the controversial Pegasus hacking tool in its own criminal investigations in late 2020 and the first half of 2021. It’s unclear how the bureau was planning on using the hacking tool-made by the Israeli NSO Group-or […]
Big names are being targeted by hackers in India at the center of a worldwide scandal in which the gangs allegedly earned thousands of dollars by breaking into emails of government and prominent figures at the request of private investigators. Prominent news sources sent undercover reporters to India earlier this year posing as former MI6 […]
A woman in Tennessee resorted to hiring a private investigator to find out why her tiny home hadn’t been delivered months after paying nearly $50,000, NBC News reported. Matt Sowash, the founder of Colorado-based nonprofit Holy Ground Tiny Houses, faces multiple lawsuits after being accused of failing to deliver homes. Lori Birckhead, who runs the […]
At times, the professional investigations business closely resembles a James Bond movie. For example, recently, the Justice Department announced charges against six Chinese citizens, including five alleged spies, accused of working on behalf of the Chinese government to recruit US citizens as sources and undermine the federal prosecution against a major Chinese company. According to […]