Conducting an online investigation on a corporation involves gathering information about the company from a variety of online resources. It is used for many purposes; some of which include, gaining insights to its operations, financial health, reputation and more.A PI investigating a corporation typically follows a systematic approach to gather information, uncover potential wrongdoing, and […]
Litigation
Chain of Custody & Digital Evidence

Digital evidence has become more and more relevant for most civil and criminal investigations. Developing your OSINT skills is ongoing and understanding where it is all headed is just as important. It is an ever changing area, with new social media platforms sprouting up all the time. When conducting online research on a person of […]
A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words

“A picture is worth a thousand words” is an English language adage meaning that complex and sometimes multiple ideas can be conveyed by a single still image, which conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a mere verbal description. (Wikipedia) I couldn’t help but think about how pictures in social media are worth a thousand words, especially when […]
The COVID-19 Fraud Storm Continues…
When we think of fraud due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we think of individual people committing fraud. After all we are only too familiar with workman’s comp insurance scams & most recently, employee fraud. We have discussed in a previous blog post how one Fortune 500 company had a loss of over $100,000.00 after an […]
4 Key Considerations For Social Media Intelligence
I recently had an insightful conversation with a Paralegal on using social media for deposition cases. He shared with me that the firm he works for conducts social media research on everyone. He shared that it was the only way they knew if their clients were being truthful with them. Too many times they learned […]