Subpoena serving can be a challenging task, especially when dealing with individuals who go to great lengths to evade it. A subpoena is a written order that forces the receiver to attend court and testify. Subpoena serving is similar to process serving, in which a lawyer or private investigator will locate a person and give […]
Runaway to Alaska
The most common missing person case RGH deals with is due to abduction. This is when a person is taken by another without consent. Every 40 seconds in America, a child or adult is abducted. Though not abducted, a runaway is also considered a missing person. This is someone who intended to go missing and […]
A Double Dip: Workman’s Compensation Fraud
Workman’s compensation fraud is an all too often common occurrence throughout the United States, and no shortage of it in Illinois. RGH Investigations is faced with many surveillance cases that involve workman’s compensation, or worker’s comp. Oftentimes, workers hope to be paid for an injury that may not be all that serious…or injured at all. […]
Montana’s Missing Girl
According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Database, more than 600,000 people go missing nationwide per year. Currently, there are over 317 missing persons in Illinois alone. That’s about 2.5 missing individuals out of 100,000 people. That’s a lot of missing persons, but these Illinois statistics are superseded by California, Florida and Texas. Our […]
The Produce Thief
It’s easy to taste a grape from the bunches at the grocery store and get away with it, but how about $150,000 worth of produce? RGH launched a forensic investigation, and finally found the culprit…who quickly admitted. Where’s the produce? We got a call from a Chicago grocery store chain who reported invoices from distributors […]
The Case of the High School Sweethearts
This was a unique spousal investigation that you wonder if it should be a “made for TV movie” like on Lifetime. We were called by a wife, mother of three children, asking for us to do a complete sweep of her home. When we asked what she was searching for, she said a hidden camera. […]
The Case of the Midnight Run
Although RGH Investigations services law firms and insurance companies, private citizens are more and more taking matters into their own hands in order to uncover what’s going on in their own family. We’ll be discussing a couple of cases that have come up from private citizens this month as well as next month. Let’s take […]
Catching Up on Past Private Investigation Case Studies
Over the past few months, we’ve been sharing private investigation case studies. The range of private investigation cases and topics have been a bit diverse. We’ve had a couple people ask where a particular case study was at as they wanted to go back to read what we did and how we helped the client. […]
A Matter of ‘Principal’
As we all know, hiring is a challenge. Then add finding the right individual who has the experience, knowledge and track record of success and it’s like finding a needle in the haystack. That was the challenge for a funding company. After a long search, the funding company had gotten lucky. They found the right […]
The Case of the Hidden GPS
It isn’t often that we write about a consumer case, it’s usually a case involving insurance claims or a case we were hired on to assist with a law firm. But this one was special, and is worth sharing. A woman came to us asking if we can conduct an electronic sweep on her car. […]