So, you’re thinking about hiring a private investigator to handle employee background checks, verify information for your legal case or handle a personal matter, but you’re not sure where to start. For many people, making that initial call is their first experience with a private investigator. They don’t know what to expect, what questions to … Read more

Have you ever wondered what a Private Investigator uses social media investigations for? Or what we can find through these investigations? Private Investigators have the difficult task of trying to search for a needle in a hay stack when it comes to locating individuals on different social media platforms. Many individuals will use a fake … Read more

‘Tis the season for giving! ASG takes pride in giving back to our community this (and every) holiday season. We are fortunate to have a wonderful staff who feels the same! Throughout the months of October and November, ASG offered “Dollar Casual Days” in efforts to assist Restoration Ministries’ mission to give back to the … Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to all employees on Monday morning about a factory fire, and seemed to reference possible sabotage. Now, CNBC has learned that Musk also sent an e-mail to all employees at Tesla late on Sunday night alleging that he has discovered a saboteur in the company’s ranks. Musk said this person … Read more

Contributed by Samantha Castillo Occasionally, we all find ourselves in a position where we realize that we are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Learning to analyze your social situation and make a determination on how to improve your position or to terminate your follow can be difficult. Getting close up, delicately filmed footage … Read more

A PI Huh? So, You Follow Cheating Spouses All Day?  If I had a nickel for every time I have heard this from someone at a networking event…  Truth be told, we understand this common misconception, especially from anyone who has never worked with a Professional Investigator before.  To each person, depending on their own … Read more

The Weinstein sexual harassment news serves as a terrifying example for many organizations. To an expert sexual harassment investigator, it looks like the perfect storm. He was the unquestioned leader of the company, he appears to have been engaged in this type of conduct for a log period of time and he has multiple alleged … Read more

There are several good reasons to hire an outside expert to conduct an employee misconduct investigation. The first is that having an independent expert, who is trained in investigations, and is not subject to internal influences and lacks any perception of a connection to a specific outcome of the case greatly enhances the credibility of … Read more

Surveillance in the Workplace With the innovations in video camera technology, surveillance in the workplace has become more accessible and more flexible than ever before. In the past, covert surveillance in the workplace was almost always conducted by an actual investigator. The technology to support dynamic surveillance in difficult to monitor areas has allowed for … Read more