No financial institution wants to deal with overdue debts, especially when a payment is long overdue and becomes a bad debt. However, essentially any company that extends credit has to deal with collections at some point or another. Some creditors may try to do fdcpa first-party collections through an in-house collection branch. If a financial … Read more
Private investigators are basically professional information finders (if you want to learn more, check out our blog post “What is a Private Investigator?”). As experts at getting information no one else can, they get hired to use their investigative tactics to help people and companies solve problems and get answers beyond just the traditional criminal … Read more
As legal professionals know, locating witnesses is far from easy. When you’re trying to locate someone, you need to uncover addresses and potential locations, and then contact the witness directly at that location. In certain situations, such as if a witness is being called to testify against someone in a criminal defense case, that individual … Read more
No organization wants to deal with obstacles or questions when it comes to their business, customers, or vendors. Tough situations in the business world means money, time, and resources spent trying to solve the issue rather than on bringing in revenue. Take identity theft: the FTC reported there were 4.8 million identity theft and fraud … Read more
The debt collection process involves many different steps. Before you can collect on a debt, you need to locate debtors, manage collections accounts, contact the debtors, gather consumer or business information for account monitoring, and more. Handling all these moving pieces can be challenging for even the most experienced debt collectors. That’s why it’s important to … Read more
When you think of a private investigator, what do you think of? Someone who is a genius? Mysterious? Perhaps walks the line between good and bad? While you may not know exactly what a private investigator does in reality (if you’re interested, you can check out our blog post What is a Private Investigator?), one … Read more
People need information all the time. Sometimes, it’s a small piece of information, like the name or contact information for a certain person. Other times, it’s more complex information, like a person’s entire history, including where they lived, who they worked for, and who they associate with. While we’d like to think that with social … Read more
There are many business records that can help a business or individual understand more about another business. For example, you may want to view a business’s credit score, learn about owners of a business, or search a business’s tax filings. All of these searches can help an individual or business learn about another business, its … Read more
If you’re a legal professional, performing deep dives on individuals is part of the job. You need to gather comprehensive information on every person involved in the case, and that requires hours of research. Some legal professionals hire private investigators to help perform this research, and others do it themselves. But in law, time is … Read more
There are over 260 million trucks and cars on the road – and with so many adults driving vehicles, license plate recognition systems have given law enforcement, investigators, legal professionals, insurance, and collections new ways to skip trace individuals or gather more information for an investigation. Vehicle sightings can tell you all sorts of information … Read more