A popular London insurance company became suspicious when a client complained that his wife had been electrocuted while ironing clothes during a visit to her Mother in Pakistan. The man told this insurance company that he had not seen or heard from his wife in over two weeks. He was apparently very distraught when his [...]
Archive for March, 2010
A Fraudulent Insurance Claim
March 23rd, 2010Catching a hacker.
March 22nd, 2010Nationwide Investigations was asked to investigate the apparent loss of equipment from a photographic wholesalers based in London. All stock controls appeared to be in order and security controls were first class. The company did not seem to be able to pin point exactly how some of their stock seemed to be disappearing so they [...]
Catching a cheating partner.
March 16th, 2010Its never good to be caught with your trousers down!
In the 70’s a young man came to our London office with what seemed to be at first an unbelievable story. He said he had recently been released from prison having been sentenced to 12 months for theft from his and his wife’s employer who supplied car [...]
Personal Injuries?
March 11th, 2010An insurance company in Manchester contacted Nationwide Investigations regarding a lady who was claiming £750,000 in a personal injury case. She had slipped on wet floor in her workplace injurying her knee. The lady was absent from work for months and put a claim in against the company. She insisted that after her fall she [...]
I’ve been burgled!
March 10th, 2010Nationwide Investigators were instructed by the owner of a large house in Surrey to investigate a break-in and the theft of jewellery with an estimated value of £270,000. The owner had suspicions that some one close to him was guilty as the thieves seemed to have a good knowledge of the house, where certain things [...]
Standards for Investigators
March 5th, 2010A good result for the World Association of Professional Investigators at the latest NOS meeting
, Process is now back in, and available to be used by awarding bodies for future qualifications of our sector.
At the Investigations Advisory Working Group Workshop 5 held at Skills For Security on 02/03/2010 Ian Withers representing the World Association of [...]
Haunted or Taunted?
March 3rd, 2010We have all had potential clients who have appeared to be more in need of psychiactric help rather than a Private Investigator although it’s always prudent not to dismiss these people out of hand.
One good example of this was a client who approached us many years ago seeking help to catch a ghost that was tormenting [...]
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
March 1st, 2010If you have watched enough television over the years, you could be forgiven for thinking that a Private Investigator’s world is full of bodies in dark alleys and beautiful ladies in distress….
But what does a Private Investigator actually DO?
Amongst our many files are interesting and varied reasons why the services of Nationwide Investigations Group have [...]
