Private Investigator Blog

Western Union may be able to accomplish more to foil Nigerian scams and other frauds than any legislation Congress can concoct. In an agreement with 47 states, Western Union will spend $8.1 million to educate and warn consumers about fraudulent...
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Identify immigrants who came through New York before Ellis Island was established as an intake center. This online database is searchable by last and first name, and returns the name of the ship, date of arrival, country and port of...
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Confirm and locate burial site for U.S. military veterans and their dependents in Department of Veterans Affairs national cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries and other Department of Interior and military burial places. Search the Nationwide Gravesite Locator online database, operated by...
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Hawaii is the most recent state to place a statewide criminal index online. The site has a free search component but also allows access to more complete records for a fee. The system is down for maintenance until Monday, November...
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Several U.S. federal government agencies have joined forces with private companies in the development of a consumer website addressing types of scams and fraud. Identity theft, identity fraud, ponzi schemes and “Nigerian scams” are all discussed and defined. [Technorati tags:...
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Documents obtained through an FOIA by the National Journal and Government Executive shed more light on the application by the FBI of the personal information database owned by Choicepoint. The article in GovExec suggests that Choicepoint is doing for the...
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Some bloggers write about electronic toys, gadgets and techie things that glow in the night – the useful and the merely fun. A general technology site, that updates every 5 minutes, Engadget covers new products. A recent review touches on...
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This month’s Investigator Tips, located at the Reid Associates site, discusses the quandary of providing evidence of guilt to a suspect in a crime. The interrogator’s “evidence” may fall victim to the suspect’s superior...
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The technology of monitoring devices, such as cell phones, for location tracking is rapidly evolving, while the law still lags. Two federal courts have ruled that the government must obtain court orders before initiating a surveillance to track a subject’s...
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