Patrick Baird, The Candid Private Investigator: Private Investigators Indicted for Pretexting

Patrick Baird, The Candid Private Investigator

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Private Investigators Indicted for Pretexting

Private eyes accused of 'pretexting' to get confidential data

Federal agents Thursday arrested three people connected with a Belfair private investigation firm who are accused of gathering confidential information on individuals through trickery from the IRS and Social Security Administration.

According to the court docuemnts A federal grand jury in Seattle indicted 10 people for an alleged scheme to obtain confidential information on 12,000 U.S. residents.

Read the full article at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/342557_pretexting07.html

This is another black eye on our industry which is obviously on the radar with the press and various government agencies.

Patrick L. Baird
Private Investigator

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1 Comments:

florida private investigator said...: It is a sad news that others in our industry actually do this. WE are trusted by people, why destroy that trust?; June 10, 2008 1:17 PM