Private Investigation Services Fresno CA
Fresno Private Investigators: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About P.I.'s
There may be moments in your life where you are wondering if you might do better at discovering answers to your questions with hired help. In particular, some instances where hired help is involved relate to personal and tricky legal situations. A private investigator can be of immense help in these instances. If you have never hired a P.I. before, the following information will provide you with practically everything you need to know about P.I.'s and their work. We service all areas around Fresno such as Clovis, Madera, Sanger Kerman, and Reedly. Private Investigators work for you. You pay them directly and list tasks you want them to accomplish. As long as the job is within the scope of their typical duties, they will attempt to complete the tasks and answer all of your unanswered questions to the best of their ability. The most common type of case involves tailing a spouse to catch the spouse in the act of infidelity, but P.I.'s handle several other kinds of cases too. |
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CheatingIf you suspect that your spouse is unfaithful, you can hire a P.I. to track him/her. Essentially what the investigator does is look for patterns of behavior. Where does your spouse go when he/she says that he/she has business or errands to do? Is he/she meeting someone regularly?
Most cheating spouses meet the other person at a hotel or at a specific location for sex. They may be brazen enough to meet for meals or go on dates, too, but that's not always the case. The investigator follows up by asking restaurant staff, hotel staff, etc., pertinent questions to ascertain just how often your spouse meets up with this other person and just how long this relationship may have been going on. Additionally, the investigator may take photos. The objective is to catch the couple in the act of affection, or coming and going from a hotel room. The photos also help you and the investigator identify just who the other person might be. When you have proof in hand, you can either choose to confront your spouse, or use the proof in divorce court to secure alimony. |
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Missing PersonsPeople go missing all the time. You may have different reasons for trying to find someone. Maybe it's someone who should be paying child support and seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Maybe your child is missing and you are desperate to find him/her. Maybe your adult child has vanished, and you aren't sure why or where he/she could have gone.
Unexplainable disappearances are not unexplainable at all; they simply require someone with good investigative skills to find out the specifics. Most often, police do not have the manpower or hours necessary to devote to a missing persons case. Hence, it behooves you to hire a P.I. instead so that you will get better and faster results as well as more answers. Most P.I.'s will start with the police report you filed. They will look at whatever evidence the police have gathered and revisit the possible witnesses and suspects. Then the investigator will do background and criminal background checks to narrow down the possibilities of anyone involved. They will spend countless hours tracking down leads and looking for new leads to take them in a better direction. It isn't until they have exhausted every bit of information that they will give up. |
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CrimeCrime investigation with the help of a personal investigator often involves theft of cash or personal property. However, that has been extended into new territories since the advancement of the cyber age. The investigator will attempt to track down the property, the suspects, any alibis of supposed suspects, and any leads.
In other criminal cases, such as assault, acts of vandalism and property destruction, molestation or rape, etc., the investigator attempts to gather as much information as possible. He/she will look for clues that the police might have missed, attempt to profile the possible suspect and look for anyone in your extended list of acquaintances and their acquaintances to see if he/she can find the person responsible for the crimes against you. There is no hard and fast answer here; you can expect such a case to go on for months unless the investigator can solve the case quickly (which is rare). |
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Background ChecksA private detective is a licensed officer. This means that he/she has access to several databases, including criminal and financial. If you think that someone you want to hire for a job or someone you want to date is a bit dodgy, you might want to hire a private investigator to look into that person's background.
The investigator will search court records, criminal records, legal records, and even credit score reporting agencies to see if there is anything unsavory about this person. If absolutely nothing is uncovered, or no records exist for the person in the last decade or two, you may still want to reconsider your position. Some people recreate an identity because they have a lot to hide, while others may have a new identity created for them by the government (i.e., Federal Witness Protection Program). Other records to research, but are more difficult to find and open, include juvenile records. These may reveal a tragic and difficult childhood, or possible victims of the person in question. Any involvement of any minor, whether the person in question was a minor at the time, remains sealed to protect everyone involved. If it is very pertinent to your job offering or your personal life, the personal investigator may be able to request a redacted copy of the report for you. |
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Cyber InvestigationsCyber crime isn't lethal, but it definitely does damage the life and livelihood of its victims. In the capacity of a cyber security analyst, an investigator looks at the damage caused to your computing devices and every bit of personal, confidential, and/or proprietary information exposed during the breach or hack. The goal is to find where and how the cyber criminal managed to enter your computer systems, and just how much information he/she acquired in the process.
There are also ways to trace cyber criminal activity back to the source, but it requires some high-tech gear and know-how. If your investigator is either able to do this or know someone who can, it might be worth it in order to have that person or persons arrested. Otherwise your best bet is do everything possible to close off the doorways and lock down security on your computer(s) and computing devices. Additionally, if you have a cyber-stalker or a cyberbully, you can have the investigator/ cyber security analyst uncover who it is and help you get a restraining order. If the restraining order doesn't work, you can have the person arrested. This type of investigation is easier because most cyber-stalkers and cyberbullies are not careful to cover their virtual tracks. In the event that the private detective uncovers some unpleasantness in the course of a child welfare investigation, you would be alerted. However, so would the police and child welfare/DHS. The investigator can act on your behalf by letting these organizations know that you suspected something and had your ex investigated. Doing so sheds a positive light on you. |
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Family InvestigationsMore Specifics on Family Law, Child Custody, and Child Welfare Investigations
You might hire an investigator if you suspect that your soon-to-be-ex-spouse is hiding something. The questions a lot of clients have is whether or not their ex is hiding assets, money, property, etc., which impact how much a judge decides to award in child support. An ex-spouse that appears to be of meager means or living just above poverty level may not have to pay as much, and therefore he/she would want the judge to think that he/she doesn't have anything of value. Your ex could put assets and property in someone else's name to hold for them, thereby keeping it and not really lying to the judge about owning it. The investigator can uncover these half-truths, ownership, hidden assets, off-shore accounts, foreign bank accounts, investments, etc., so that you can get fair equity in divorce court. In California, this means that you get half of whatever your ex has squirreled away, regardless of whether you contributed equally during the marriage. Only inheritances or gifts are untouchable. Ergo, it behooves you to find out if your ex is hiding anything. In regards to child custody, you would also want to know what your ex makes in terms of income. Not all spouses are forthcoming in sharing this. In divorce court it is required, but it doesn't mean your ex will give an honest answer without the proof supplied by a P.I.. It is equally important to know if your ex is safe and can provide a safe environment for the children, something the P.I. can work on as part of your family law case. |
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"I knew I was in the right place when I called Fresno investigators. The staff were very understanding and were very thorough with what there were going to do in terms of process " - Jon P.
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"Fresno Investigators really did help me out in a tough time. I suspected my husband of cheating and hired them to investigate. A week later, they contacted me with photo evidence of him cheating with another person on Wednesday afternoon! Thank you to the friendly and understanding staff . " - Gabby F.
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"Had an incident with some of my insurance clients. Suspected insurance fraud with workers disability. Called up Fresno Investigators and was met with a wonderful receptionist, a month or two later we were able to win the court lawsuit with the evidence provided"- Janet R
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