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Accident Scene Diagramming and Legal Exhibits
Asset Searches
Background Checks
Business Background Check
Cell Phone Trace
Competitive Intelligence
Due Diligence
GPS Vehicle Tracking
Information Security and Forensics
Personal Background Check
Reference Checks
Social Security Trace/Identity Verification
Witness Management
When there is an accident, there could be no eyewitnesses. If that is the case, gathering evidence in case of a civil trial is challenging. How can you prove that a wreck was caused by mechanical failure and not driver error?
Diagramming the accident scene provides key evidence for trial. An ai investigator will go to the scene, take measurements and comb over the entire site. Measurements include the length of skid marks which will show how soon someone tried to stop to avoid the collision. If someone claims they ran through some brush, we will verify their claim by checking the area. We will look for tire tracks in the area on and off the roadway.
Our investigators will take pictures and draw diagrams that can be used to back up the claims of your client in court. We will testify and describe these documents in court.
Do you think you spouse or business partner is hiding assets from you? How can you find out? At ai investigations, we specialize in asset searches. Our trained investigators look for various kinds of assets including real and personal property, interests in properties and business activities, and other financial and business assets.
If you need to know more about your business partner or a potential business associate, we conduct a comprehensive search by a business name or individual's name. Personal asset searches allow us to examine assets of spouses and family members for possible transfers, and corporations associated with the subject and his/her partners. We also explore litigation history and past relationships.
ai investigations adheres to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 and does not use pretexting to obtain bank account or other private information.
Clients are always interested in locating bank and investment accounts held at private financial institutions. Although there are various ways to search for such accounts, there are limitations to what we can do. These limitations prevent us from guaranteeing that we will find any or all financial accounts during our search. Our searches are limited to inquiries of public records, creditor information, insurance records, UCC filings, trash inspections, surveillance, databases, vendor records and payments, third party information, applications and foreign sources.
Q: Why can't you search for Bank Accounts?
A: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act has made it illegal for anyone, private investigators included, to even try and obtain information about a person's financial accounts. This law is very broad and has eliminated all viable avenues to getting this information. When possible, the investigative methodology used must also comply with all restrictions of the Act, the FTC conditions and the various state and federal privacy acts. There is only one permissible exemption in GLB that being for child support collection in conjunction with a court order.
Q: Do you guarantee that you will find everything?
A: No. To do so would be impossible. Not everyone has assets to be found. The investigations offered within this web site are flat rate, limited scope products designed to capture the most common and most frequently detectable types of assets. With the nature of "ownership" and "registration" of assets in this country, it would cost prohibitive to conduct a guaranteed asset search.
What are the primary reasons an individual or business requests an asset search?
1. Entering into a new business venture – investing in a new business, bringing on or becoming a new investor in an existing company, or contemplating a merger between companies. The process serves to identify assets, liabilities, and risks. This allows your management team to better predict future risk and potential.
2. Prior to entering into a lawsuit. By conducting an assets search prior to filing suit against an individual or company will determine what assets or regular income is present in the event a judgment is ordered by the court. It is not worth the cost of legal fees to file a suit against a person or company that will be unable to pay.
3. Collecting on a Judgment – When the court orders a sum of money to be paid as part of a civil action, a judgment is issued. This is simply a court order for the payment of funds. The judicial system only orders payment, but collection is the responsibility of the plaintiff.
4. Divorce – The finances involved in a divorce can often become rather complicated. It is not uncommon for a spouse to hide assets that would be open to dispute. An asset search of the party being divorced is very important to be certain that all marital assets are accounted for.
5. Child Support/Alimony – In child support cases, once the non-paying parent is located, information regarding their wages or any hidden assets should be given to the proper child support enforcement agency that will then facilitate collection of monies owed.
6. Contestation of a Will – Quite often personal assets may be hidden and not disclosed in a will. Potential beneficiaries or those entitled to a claim against the estate should search for the possibility of hidden assets.
7. Marriage or other consolidation of assets and liabilities – There are personal situations in which it is essential to conduct a thorough asset search. Knowledge of assets and debts can make a big difference in the establishment of particular types of interpersonal relationships.
A background check is the process of looking up official and public records about a person. It is often completed in advance of an employment offer by a company looking to reduce the risk of hiring someone who could pose a threat to their business. These checks allow an employer to make an informed and less subjective decision about a person.
Background investigations can provide an in-depth insight into a subject's history. Criminal background checks, workers' compensation, employment background screening, police records, civil history, and other public records are just the beginning of a background investigation.
This report provides information useful to determine the general character and trustworthiness of an individual. This is accomplished by verification of the applicant's personal identification, education, employment history, criminal history and civil standing.
A pre-employment background investigation may be customized to fulfill specific employer needs, such as those dictated by contractual agreement or company policy. These investigations may be basic or extensive as warranted by the pending position.
Workers' Compensation History is a statewide search available in most states, but must be conducted post-offer. The search identifies worker's compensation claims against an applicant's past employers. The history will report the last five (5) events and include case numbers, locations, case status, dates of injury, body parts injured, type of injury, and information on all parties involved.
Periodic background checks on current employees can help an employer address the
problems of employee theft, drug use, negligent hiring liability, and turnover.
If you're considering hiring anyone to care for your children or an elderly relative, be sure to perform a background check on the candidate. Don't rely on glowing references. You need to make sure he/she is who they say they are and he/she's not hiding any criminal record. If you are not going through an agency these background checks are up to you to perform.
The care of your loved ones is an important decision, so it's imperative that you be armed with all the facts about your nanny or home health care aid, including a full disclosure of his/her background to give you the knowledge you need to make this significant decision.
Conversely, potential nannies ought to perform background checks on the families. It has happened that nannies have discovered their employers were not who they claimed to be. Whether you are the nanny or the employer, a background check simply makes sense.
If you own property or are about to rent for the first time you need to know who is occupying your Investment. We can help you check for criminal history but more importantly when it comes to Tenant Screening we will check for civil history which shows lawsuits that include Unlawful Retainer (history of eviction). Optionally we can validate employment & check references.
These are different from pre-employment background checks. A pre-employment
background check will usually need the express written consent of the potential employee. An employment check will usually involve checking a person's credit report, criminal records, and more. The Gramm -Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 restricts getting credit information about an individual without the person giving consent.
A criminal background check is not only used for pre-employment screening and tenant screening, but it quite often used by people who are entering into relationships in a more personal manner, and quite often discretion is an absolute necessity. As a result of this need for discretion, we can't get permission from the subject, and so we cannot gather credit information.
A statewide criminal background check will include charges, convictions, trial results, court proceedings and a state sex offender registry search.
A terrorist database search helps you meet Federal Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identification requirements via a check of data from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. This search will help ensure that you don't enter into transactions with a person or organization involved in terrorism, international narcotics trafficking, or activities related to the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction.
This search meets required Homeland Security/Patriot Act guidelines to screen out known terrorists, and help ensure extra security in some sensitive industries or critical infrastructure entities.
Notice To Employers: Investigations undertaken in relationship to employment may be affected by the Fair Credit Reporting Act as amended by the Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996 effective October 1, 1997. If applicable, employers are now required to disclose to employees or employee candidates that a report is being requested and to obtain written consent from the individual prior to undertaking any such investigation. A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Notice To Users Of Consumer Reports: Obligations Of Users under the FCRA provides additional details essential to compliance with the Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996.
Are your potential business partners, customers, or vendors operating professionally? Do they have a history of small claims, bankruptcies or judgments? Find out before you spend valuable time and resources working with someone who may potentially abuse the relationship – or already has.
If you are considering a business relationship, you need to know about the company's background. Get this critical information and make better business decisions.
See Completive Intelligence for the next level in business background checks.
ai investigations will search for one cell phone number associated to your subject. If you suspect there is more than one number you will be given the opportunity to request additional numbers for an additional fee if the investigator can find them.
A list of calls (phone records, phone bill) is NOT available. Do NOT request phone records.
Do you know what your competitors are up to right now? Are they gaining on you? Preparing to launch a new product? Planning an expansion? Facing bankruptcy? If you are in business, you need to know what your competition is doing. ai investigations offers comprehensive business background check services. Business intelligence doesn't have to be limited to Fortune 500 companies. All businesses can benefit from in-depth competitive intelligence.
A due diligence investigation is a type of pre-transaction or pre-employment corporate investigation that tries to uncover details of a company's management, finances, performance, mission, history, aims, suppliers, clients, industry and any other details that may affect how a company does business. Due diligence is vital before a merger, company purchase, or acquisition because it ensures that liabilities are not hidden. Due diligence ensures that there will be no unpleasant surprises down the road.
Our company can assist you in the research and analysis of an individual or company in preparation for a business or personal transaction. Due diligence serves to confirm all material facts in regards to the transaction or partnership. Due diligence is essentially a way of preventing unnecessary harm to you or your business. By looking at the other party's past performance we help you and your clients predict future performance and minimize risk.
Our goal is to provide you with the tools necessary to make decisions on strategic transactions, risk management, and business and personal relationships. Know and understand with whom you are doing business. Understand the risk inherent in entering commercial relationships that might jeopardize your business and/or reputation.
We are able to surreptitiously track vehicles for a period of 5-7 days without interruption. If you are the legal owner of the vehicle, we can use GPS vehicle tracking to help you catch a cheating spouse. Our system offers you real-time online location information.
Amy Purvis is a computer security professional with nearly ten years experience in the field. ai investigations has the ability to perform security audits, evidence seizure and conduct forensic examination of that evidence. Computer forensics allows us to recover and analyze computers for lost or deleted data. Our investigation will also provide evidence as to how to the computer was actually used, at the same time preserving the evidence for discovery purposes.
Just like in business you should never make big decisions without having complete information. A marriage or other merging of assets should only be done when you know the facts. Unlike businesses, who can recover from losses quickly, restoring your personal circumstances can take years, if it can happen at all.
How does your friend deal with his or her past? Is the past spoken about freely or do you feel like you are pulling teeth to get a simple answer about a mundane question such as where he or she went to school? Has your friend asked for a loan or asked to use your credit cards? Is your friend overly interested in your financial status? If your friend lives out of town, is he or she easy to contact? Do you only have office numbers or a cell phone number?
If you can say "yes" to any of the above, you should strongly consider running an Asset Check or a Personal Background check on your friend.
Knowing as much as possible about employees before they become intimately familiar with the organization is crucial. An employer can be held liable for an employee's unlawful acts when the employer does not reasonably investigate an his/her background and puts them in a position to commit crimes or exposes others to the risk of harm or injury from that employee.
A single negligent-hiring lawsuit can cost millions of dollars but even if a poor hiring decision doesn't result in a lawsuit, the subsequent negative publicity can cause irreparable damage to a company's reputation among clients, community leaders and other key stakeholders.
There are two kinds of reference checks: records check and reference check. The reference check involves an in depth conversation with someone who knows or has worked with the candidate.
The records check is clerical in nature and is nothing more than determining honesty and confirming that the previous dates of employment, job titles, academic degrees, professional licenses, and such are correct.
By implementing a consistent screening policy, organizations will avoid costly hiring and recruiting mistakes, mitigate exposure to risk and litigation, and reassure employees that the individuals working with them have been properly investigated.
With identity theft on the rise it is imperative that employers know who they are hiring. A routine database search can prevent costly delays associated with the hiring of employees. It is important to verity the information provided by a candidate concerning his/her identity and where he/she has lived.
Verify that the Social Security Number provided by applicant is a valid one issued by the Social Security Administration, and that the applicant is reporting this as his/her number. A Social Security trace may provide current or prior address information not listed on the application, as well as any other names the applicant may use. The trace could also reveal that the number is not reported as belonging to the applicant, and even if the number is reported as belonging to a deceased individual. This search will also provide any other names associated with the applicant's social security number.
This search is only available to businesses and industry professionals for valid debt recovery and investigation cases. Individuals with a court ordered judgment may also order this search. This search requires a fax copy of supporting documentation or notarized affidavit of the facts surrounding the case.
Locating witnesses: The Internet has provided many resources to help find people. When hiring an investigator, it is imperative that you hire someone with the tools and the experience to meet all your investigative needs. We have the knowledge and expertise to find your witnesses fast and affordably.
Interviewing and statements: Once we've located your witness, our investigator can make contact and find out what the witness knows about your case. When you need a competent legal investigator to find a particular witness, we can find them, interview them, and deliver them to you.
Owner Amy Purvis is trained in the Reid Technique of interviewing—the same method used by law enforcement officials across the country. If your witness knows anything, we will find out what it is!