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2025

January 2025: Liquor Laundering…Unfiltered

February 2025: An Investigator’s Use for Drones

March 2025: Investigating Tax Return Preparer Fraud

2024

Issue 1.1: January 2024 (free) [Sextortion; Embezzlement 101; The Sports Memorabilia Market]

Issue 1.2: April 2024 [The PI Industry; Deepfakes; Home Contractor Fraud]

Issue 1.3: July 2024 [The Qui Tam move; Solar Panel Fraud; Annuity Scams]

October 2024: Pawns of Influence - China’s Use of Private Investigators

November 2024: Fraud in Your Backyard - HOAs Are Ripe for Financial Fraud Schemes

December 2024: Abuse by Home Health Aides - Private Investigators Can Be a Tremendous Asset

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Deepfakes: Top Ten Tips for Investigators

Private investigators face unique and new challenges when dealing with deepfake cases. Our investigative guide highlights the top 10 steps we recommend investigators take upon embarking on a deepfake investigation.

This guide will be automatically emailed to you, but you are also able to print it out.

Deepfakes: Top Ten Tips for Investigators

After listening to numerous podcasts, we compiled a list of the top episodes delivering most value-added content for those in the private investigator industry.

These 12 podcasts, in our opinion, provide and professionally relay some of the best industry insights and case studies applicable to your line of work.

So, if you're a busy investigator looking to expand your knowledge on-the-go, check out our top Podcast Recommendations for Investigators in the printable PDF attachment enclosed.