Shhh. You might not be running a top-secret business, but there are times when absolute discretion is required. But how can one keep customer secrets? It helps to take a peek at how those businesses that offer 100 percent confidentiality treat such situations. Privacy is a growing concern across the board. It was FaceBook’s flippant […]
Investigating World’s Largest Deep Dish Pizza for Dave & Chris at Funny or Die
It was a warm summer day when I listened to a voice mail from a Funny or Die producer. I called the producer back and determined that I was referred by a long time friend and fellow PI Bob Kurz. Apparently Bob loved pizza but hated the limelight, unlike yours truly. All I was told […]
Private eye accused of defrauding client of $850,000
Please remember this before reading the article: It is always important to check with the Better Business Bureau when dealing with any contractor, even private investigators. As with any profession, there are good and bad. Although the verdict for this case is far from clear, it is important to understand what a PI can and […]
Policeman suspended over extortion, selling PI services
A 41-year-old Attica police officer has been arrested by the Police’s internal affairs division after evidence suggested that he had been selling his services as a private investigator and had blackmailed a client into paying him 200 euros. The unnamed officer allegedly hired himself out as a private investigator to a 34-year-old woman who wanted […]
Kevin Michael Sianez, Cop-Turned-Illegal P.I., Cops to Defrauding and Intimidating But What About Getting Women to Screw His Dog?
Former police officer Kevin Michael Sianez pleaded guilty Thursday to 17 felony counts of grand theft by false pretense, 11 felony counts of fraudulently using an access card, two felony counts of identity theft, four felony counts of possession of a firearm by a felon stemming from a 1998 conviction for stalking, six felony counts […]