| Despite the varied specialties within the field of | | | | surveillance techniques prove to be fruitless? |
| Infidelity Investigators New York work, their | | | | Fortunately, there are more "creative" methods |
| purpose is almost always the same - collecting | | | | available. |
| and analyzing information. So how do they go | | | | The Wrong Side of the Law |
| about obtaining this sometimes coveted | | | | When a detective's work requires more extreme |
| information? It depends on the case. | | | | measures to obtain information, they must be |
| For cases involving the investigation of an | | | | careful not to fall on the wrong side of the law |
| individual, a PI might use a variety of different | | | | and end up in jail. Even without being hauled to |
| records - some public, some not- such as tax | | | | prison, if they acquire their evidence in an illicit |
| records, voter registration, real-estate | | | | manner, it could be unusable in the court of law. |
| transactions and court records. Generally, there is | | | | One controversial technique used by PIs involves |
| much information available to the public, but a PI | | | | pretending to be someone they're not for the |
| might have connections or methods that allow | | | | purposes of gathering information. An example of |
| them expedient access to the relevant | | | | this includes a PI pretending to be a coworker or |
| documents that would otherwise be difficult to | | | | friend in order to find out a target's whereabouts. |
| obtain. | | | | In the PI world, this is known as pretexting and |
| However, some information can't be obtained | | | | can be a dangerous game to play. In some states |
| through records and that's when a Private Eye | | | | it's outright illegal, but in others there are very |
| must resort to groundwork. | | | | clear boundaries. |
| An example of this is when someone is trying to | | | | For instance, it is a felony in the United States to |
| find evidence of a spouse's infidelity. In this case, | | | | falsely present oneself as a government |
| an Infidelity Investigator New York might be | | | | employee or police officer. Additionally, using |
| forced to spend hours surveying the movements | | | | pretext to access financial information or phone |
| of an individual over the course of entire days. | | | | records is in direct violation of Federal Law. |
| This might involve questioning acquaintances of | | | | Another area where Infidelity Investigators New |
| the target, following them to work or taking | | | | York work clashes with the law pertains to |
| pictures of suspect behavior. | | | | citizens arrests. Though most states allow citizens |
| Another example involves the investigation of a | | | | arrests under certain circumstances, if improperly |
| fraudulent injury claim. With the number of | | | | executed one could find themselves being charged |
| work-related injury lawsuits on the rise, | | | | for kidnapping. So before considering a citizen's |
| sometimes a good PI is a company's only option | | | | arrest, a PI must make sure they're well versed |
| when making sure that the litigant isn't playing golf | | | | about the laws pertaining to their particular |
| the day before he's wheeled into court with a | | | | jurisdiction - otherwise, that PI could find |
| broken back. | | | | themselves investigating the dimensions of their |
| But what if a PI's best efforts at traditional | | | | prison cell for the next few years. |