The kind of bugs we’re talking about here are those eavesdropping bugs, those transmitting devices that can be secretly hidden someplace in your home or office by someone who wants to find out what you are saying to whom. Probably you don’t have any bug problem. The vast majority of us can rest easy that […]
The New Guy Could be a Spy
When you shake hands with a new employee, don’t assume he’s just another friendly face. More companies are hiring private investigators when they suspect there’s a theft or a drug ring operating on company time. The spy, posing as an employee, tries to get the scoop by working side by side with employees and hanging […]
Access to Public Data by Computer Makes Private Investigations Quicker
In the world of the corporate detective, information is invaluable. But with the myriad of public records scattered statewide, the value of the data rests largely in the time it takes to get it all. The more time-consuming or difficult the data-gathering process, the more clients pay for the service. So, several firms that specialize […]
Corporate Detectives – Private Investigators Mix High-Tech with Legwork
The Community Bank southwest of Houston, smelling fat fees and interest, was eager to fund the borrower’s request for a million-dollar business loan. The board of directors had consented. All the documents lacked was the borrower’s signature to close the deal. But prior to closing, a shocked loan officer spied the borrower’s name in an […]
Former Officer Finds His Niche as Private Eye
Sometimes it’s nothing more than a gut feeling that something is wrong that prompts a client to come to Kimmons Investigative Services. Often those hunches are correct. “We prepare them for the worst ahead of time,”he said.”We tell them if you don’t want to know, don’t hire us.” One client could not understand why the […]
Hiring the Wrong Person Can Prove Costly: Background Checks Pay Off
Companies pay a high price for hiring the wrong people. Not only do unscrupulous employees drain corporate coffers with kickback schemes and embezzlement, they also pose a significant liability threat. An article published last year by the Society for Human Resource Management pointed to a case in Colorado where the state court ordered McDonald’s to […]
Kimmons Investigative Services Proves Valuable to Lenders, Attorneys
Two former law enforcement officers have traded in their badges, guns and late night surveillance habits to peruse paper trails left behind among the millions of pieces of information filed in county courthouses across the nation. The information, while part of the public record, can be difficult to uncover but very valuable to bankers, attorneys […]
Proper Review of Information Can Protect Investors
Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is to get someone to use their brains. Take, for example, the European businessman who plunked down about $200,00 in a limited partnership promoted by a Houston “good old boy” who showed him some oil and gas prospects that looked too good to be true. You guessed it […]
Detectives Help Banks in Collecting
A Texas bank was ready to charge off a loan to a borrower who was more than $300,000 in arrears and appeared to have no more assets that could be seized for repayment. But before giving up on the loan, the bank hired a private investigator. The investigator began looking through public records in city, […]
High-Tech Detectives, Armed with Computer Database
Private investigator Rob Kimmons has an unusual partner to solve his capers. Kimmons, a high-tech detective, relies on his computer. By using a computer database, Kimmons and his staff at Kimmons Investigative Services Inc. can track the assets of companies or find out if someone has been married before. “Five or six years ago, I […]