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Usually performed for litigators in large law firms. These types of investigations usually involve reconstructing accident scenes, as with insurance companies, or finding evidence to refute the opposing counsel's legal strategy. Evidence may be in the form of written statements or in the form of actual proof subject to chain of evidence requirements.
Process serving involves giving individuals notice of court actions that are pending against them. They can be either very time-consuming or quick and easy, depending on the subject being served. These cases can be a highly profitable portion of any company's repertoire of investigative services. However, this service requires tremendous volume to be profitable and assignments have to be procured on an individual law firm basis.
Commonly only requested by private clients or corporations looking to hire applicants without a strong sense of who they are besides what is listed on their resume, background investigations can be lucrative assignments if obtained in volume. They are virtually useless sources of revenue as stand alone cases. The reason for this is that a background check has a natural component of cost. To do a national criminal search requires an up front cost as well as several other forms of writen verification by the client and For this reason, only large background volume will produce decent net profile. The companies using background checks or Personal Checks like if someone moving in a flat or house.
Usually performed for large manufacturing companies that have internal drug or theft problems. As a source of revenue, these type of cases can be considered profitable; however, the true worth of a manufacturing client is not the revenue derived from this one form of limited investigation, but from the steady stream of other investigations that can springboard from a strong client relationship. Manufacturing companies need background checks, employee honesty determinations and host of smaller investigative services.
Commonly known as store detective work. Many companies hire their own inhouse investigator to perform this task, but there are still large chains that subcontract out this type of work From the client's view, this is an advantageous relationship because the liability for a false arrest can be significantly shifted to a properly insured vendor private investigation company. The work tends to be on an hourly basis,
Also known as "mystery shopping." An excellent service comparable to background checks. Testing is performed by an operative working undercover as a normal customer. The store and its operations are reported on and a score affixed to determine the comparative value of the store. Testing must be performed in volume if it is to be profitable in any meaningful sense. Large accounts are known to exist in this field.
This term refers to the type of cases that cover a broad array of individually ordered, non-commercial, type of investigations. Also known as marital or spousal investigations, these are occasional sources of intermittent revenue. They have fallen out of favour in a couple of reasons. One, because they are non-commercial, domestics are often simple information gathering, but sometimes clients wish the investigator to perform surveillance in an unlawful manner, such as tapping phones or harassing the individual. Because of this, liability exposure is greatly enhanced, in addition to the added threat posed by a hostile spouse who may act irrationally.
Secondly, the laws of UK using evidence gathered in a divorce case because has no fault divorce laws. In those UK that still have partial fault divorce laws, the domestic market is seen as a key market has a change of divorce laws pending in UK and all Cases and Client must be approved. Until domestic cases considered a strong source of revenue.