Archive for the ‘Corporate Investigations’ Category

Private Detectives – Smart Watch Equipped with HD Camera with Audio

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Technology has ushered in new ways of conducting investigations, however the basic principles still remain the same for private investigators and private detectives and that is to gather data from subject people without being detected as a private investigator or private detective. Concealing the true identity and nature of an interview or a data gathering process is important for every private investigator and private detective because the private investigator and private detective risking his or her life gathering data in such a manner. It is a known fact that culprits do not want to be investigated and when they find out whom the private investigator or private detective is they may try to physically harm them. This is the reason why private investigators and private detectives employ technology in order to gather data such as, data gathering devices concealed as normal daily equipment. Gathering images, videos and audios are very helpful in an investigation that is why a camera is a private investigators’ best friend, however when conducting surveillance it is imperative that the camera must be concealed properly in order to avoid detection. Fortunately, because of the integration of technology a High Definition Camera capable of recording videos and still images with audio is now possible.

The watch is designed as a divers’ watch and it is integrated with the HD Camera capable of recording videos in AVI format with the video encoding of M-JPEG. The video resolution of the recorded videos are 1280*960 VGA with a frame rate of 30 frames per second. The camera is 2 megapixel and the still photo size is 3264*2448 having a picture format of JPEG. The HD Camera watch is equipped with a High Capacity Rechargeable Polymer Lithium allowing it to function for 70-90 minutes and it has a 2 Gb Nand Flash memory giving the user a lot of video recording time and a lot of still images output.

Private Investigator – Computer Surveillance through the Ultimate Key Logger

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

The computer nowadays is utilised for many things, sometimes it is used for entertainment by using it to play games, watch videos among others. The computer is also used to create different digital arts, web pages, programs or applications and database. Most of the time however, the computer is used to create and store documents. For companies employing the use of computers, it is an important machine where records of the company’s transactions are being created and stored. Financial statements, corporate letters among other documents are created easily and efficiently with the aide of the computer. For private investigators the computer is a treasure trove of information that would give pertinent data in order to ascertain the user of the computer or the company as a whole.  Printed documents may be considered as evidence but in its absence computers may hold a digital version of such document. Private investigators and private detectives would have a difficult time in conducting a computer surveillance especially if the computer is password protected.

The problem stated above was the motivation in the development of the ultimate key logger. The ultimate key logger is a software application that will record the users’ computer activity. Key presses are recorded along with screenshots of the computer screen’s display. The ultimate key logger was designed to be easily install itself on a computer and would avoid detection because it would run in the background and will not show a sign that such program is running, moreover the ultimate key logger was tested with different anti virus software and it is safe to say that it has the ability to by-pass any scanning done by the antivirus software. The ultimate key logger can be easily installed by private investigators and private detectives in a computer and they can simply download the data recorded by simply plugging in again the flash disk device on the USB port.

This software is truly considered as an ultimate computer surveillance software.

Private Investigators – Looking in Tight Spaces With Flexible Inspection Camera

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

There are a lot of instances where the Private investigators or private detectives are situated in areas that limit movements and the only way to gather data properly is to capture images without having to compromise the position or location especially if the private investigator or private detective is conducting a surveillance of the target person or suspect. There may also be instances wherein inspections in the house of the target person may be done and there may be an opportunity to locate hidden items but since private investigators and private detectives can only gather information without destroying or moving anything then an appropriate tool that can squeeze into tight spaces should be utilised.

During such tight situations the Flexible Inspection Camera would come in handy, because it is lightweight, very small and is capable of giving image output or capable of looking through tight spaces without the need to remove any wall panels or any appliances. The one meter long and 9.2 millimeter tube was designed to be flexible enough to accommodate proper angling, which is needed to properly position the camera or lens. One notable feature of this Flexible inspection camera is its water resistance making it capable of being utilised in liquids or areas where liquids are abound like drains and engines among others.

The Flexible Inspection Camera is equipped with a 2.4” TFT monitor that is being utilised for live viewing. In addition, the video monitor is equipped with a rechargeable battery pack that is utilised to give the TFT monitor power of up to five hours. To get around angles and corners the Flexible Inspection Camera is also equipped with three attachments, the hook for getting missing or hard to get items, the magnet which also does the same and the mirror for looking through the correct angles and round corners.

Battling Corporate Theft

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

The economic crisis has brought about a lot of problems not only to company owners but also to employees. Reduction of rates, salary or working times are common problems encountered by employees. Unfortunately employees are unable to do anything about it. Because the economy is in turmoil and having a job is better than having no job at all. The problems encountered by employees are being considered as the root cause of corporate theft. During the economic turmoil corporate theft was rampant and on a record high, the most unfortunate thing about this is that many companies were discovering fraudulent acts by its employees several months after they have occurred. The most common company types that fall prey to this type of corporate fraud were those engaged in sales and other areas where credit card transaction was required.

Corporate theft is one contributory factor to company losses. It is important to find the root cause of this problem before it cause irreparable damage to the company’s finances. Several solutions that companies are employing which proves to be very effective is the hiring of private investigators and or private detectives.

Private investigators or private detectives specialises in the field of tracking down company assets and company finances. They are skilled in performing background checks on people or target individuals. In order to be assured that you are hiring the best and the most qualified person for the vacant position especially on positions that are sensitive in nature, company CEO’s must perform background checks on their potential employees. This is where private investigators or private detectives are very useful. Although this method is no guarantee that the employee will not commit fraud, performing a background check will reduce the incidence of hiring fraudulent employees.

If the most unfortunate thing has already happened or should a company CEO already have a gut feeling that something is wrong with the company finances it is the private investigators’ job to track down the person who committed the fraud. This method will catch the culprit before they have the chance to hide or escape from the company investigation.

Advice Against Corporate Fraud

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Aside from marital problems another common case being handled by most private investigators and private detectives are corporate fraud. Corporate fraud is usually practiced by employees belonging to a specific corporation or even a small business. This happens when a company employee starts to utilise company procedures in order to “steal” money or goods from the company. There are many ways on how an employee is able to gain from the company in a fraudulent manner and the sad thing about this is that the deficit in sales for example would only be traced or noticed after full accounting of stocks and or the financial assets. This would then prompt the company CEO or CFO to conduct an investigation that would require the hiring of private investigators or private detectives.

Private investigators and private detectives often trace or follow the money trail by investigating all company personnel and this would take a lot of time. It is thus being advised by private investigators and private detectives to take the necessary security precautions in order to prevent employees from committing corporate fraud. One way of preventing this is by arming oneself with the knowledge on the different ways that corporate fraud may be undertaken by your employees.

A common method of corporate fraud in grocery store, department stores or any business establishment that requires purchase. The cashier may punch-in several items bought by the customer and the other items were not entered and go directly into the grocery bags. This simple way of fraud requires collusion with other people not known to any of the fraudulent employees’ colleagues. The use of an unknown person may also be used in fraudulent claims of insurance such as fraudulent claim of refunds and even fraudulent claim of benefits.

It is because of collusion with a third party that most frauds are accurately executed and discovery of the fraud would prove to be too late. That is why hiring a private investigator or a private detective to perform a background check on the claimants for insurance benefits or refunds is necessary especially if such claims would amount to thousands of pounds or euros.