About Our Private Investigation Services

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Criminal Investigations

Starside Security & Investigation, Inc conducts Criminal Investigations for some of the nation’s top attorneys. Starside’s COO and Licensed Investigator Robert Coventry, CPP has been performing Criminal Investigations since 1987. All of Starside’s Criminal Investigators have years of felony investigative experience and most have been in Federal, State, or Local Law Enforcement. Criminal Investigators are a different type of investigator, they start as soon as the client hires Starside asking for any and all reports from law enforcement.  All investigations start will case management and a mix of Technology and good old fashion investigative techniques.  After case management they perform the most important function, they canvas the area looking for witnesses, video from neighboring businesses. Starside will work with the attorney to investigate fully and prepare the defendant for trial. Starside will prepare a case much in the same was a District Attorney’s Investigator would handling witness interviews, finding expert witnesses and interview the victim or member of the victims family if the victim is deceased.

Starside Security & Investigation, Inc perform investigative services for the legal, corporate & private sector by combining analytical, technical, and problem solving skills, we provide innovative and comprehensive crime prevention. Starside has Investigative personnel that have decades of investigating felony cases including Habeas Corpus cases and death penalty cases.

Our Investigators are trained in all forms of criminal investigations, from on-site covert criminal investigations to detailed criminal history investigations. Starside uses the latest forensic techniques advanced skills, Surveillance techniques, and the latest in advanced technology, our special agents can provide the best investigative services in the industry. Starside has an distinct advantage in that we have worked both sides of cases, we have worked for the prosecution and the defense in all types of criminal cases.

Starside’s COO Robert Coventry is a member of the Defense Investigators Association and has attended multiple seminars on Homicide Investigations, gangs, and elder abuse. He can be reached at Starside’s Corporate Headquarters (310) 429-8182 or via email at rcoventry@starside.com

Corporate Crime

Private investigators have become an integral safeguard of theft for corporations. Starside’s scope of investigations for over twenty years includes but is not limited to intellectual property theft, employee theft, investment fraud, cyber security and workers compensation. Our clients include multi-national corporations, Fortune 500 companies and the small business community. We have decades of combined investigative experience supporting corporations and law firms. Starside has a team of professional investigators to handle even the most complex cases.  Starside is the right choice to safeguard your company’s assets and personnel. With the volatile state of the economy and unpredictability of individuals in today’s society, the need for proficient and highly trained individuals to protect your clients and their company is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity.  With over twenty years of providing investigative services for the government, financial institutions, private corporations and high-profile individuals, Starside has proven to be the pinnacle of experience, integrity and cost-effectiveness.

According to the US Chamber of Commerce in 2017

Employee Percentages

  1. Amount stolen annually from US businesses by employees – $50 billion.
  2. Percent of annual revenue lost to theft or fraud – 7%
  3. Percent of employees who have stolen at least once from their employer – 75%
  4. Percent of employee who have stolen at least twice from their employer – 37.5%
  5. Percentage of all business bankruptcies caused by employee theft – 33%
Due Diligence

Make sure you know who it is you are doing business with, work with or may even be living with. In today’s day and age individuals are taking a second look at who it is they are letting into their daily lives. We handle all types of investigations, from advanced personal surveillance to civil record investigations. With an extensive history in civil due diligence investigations, we can obtain various documents including civil records, criminal records, insurance claims, employment history, financial history, and a wide-array of personal records. All of our investigators are highly trained and skilled and proud of our excellent service history. We have an extensive list of satisfied clients over the past 20 years of investigative services.

 

Civil Investigations

Starside conducts criminal Investigations for some of the nation’s top attorneys and Fortune 500 companies.  Starside has been providing reliable and affordable criminal investigative services for over twenty years. Starside’s criminal investigators have years of investigative experience and most have been in Federal, State, or Local Law Enforcement. Starside works with our clients to investigate fully and prepare the defendant for trial. Starside will prepare a case much in the same way a District Attorney’s Investigator would by handling witness interviews, finding expert witnesses and interviewing the victim or member of the victims family if the victim is deceased.

Starside provides investigative services for the legal, corporate & private sector by combining analytical, technical and problem-solving skills. Starside has Investigative personnel that have decades of investigating felony cases including Habeas Corpus cases and death penalty cases.

Our Investigators are trained in all forms of criminal investigations, from on-site covert criminal investigations to detailed criminal history investigations. Starside uses the latest forensic techniques advanced skills, surveillance and the latest technology.  Our criminal investigators can provide the best investigative services in the industry. Starside has an distinct advantage in that we have worked both sides of cases, we have worked for the prosecution and the defense in all types of criminal cases.

Corporate Espionage

Starside offers a number of services designed protect you and your business. Corporate espionage and company corruption are becoming serious problem for businesses. Fraudulent practices by employees, and intellectual property theft occur all too often. Corporate theft such as the theft and sale of valuable information, can seriously damage a company’s reputation, financial position and position in the market.

Starside uses the most advanced electronic surveillance equipment available today to help protect your business from corporate espionage. Starside will help your IT team develop a plan to protect your sensitive property and information so that it does not fall into a competitor’s hands.

When your company sits down to discuss crucial issues like potential mergers, acquisitions or new product launches, you run the risk of sharing your discussions with your competitors. Electronic bugging devices are inexpensive, easy to place and physically difficult to locate. Starside’s counter surveillance service protects your company’s confidentiality.

Our services include:

  • Due Diligence
  • Surveillance
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Video/Still Photography
  • Security Surveys and Inspections
Surveillance

Starside’s surveillance experts have  expertise in the latest state of-the-art surveillance techniques. Starside’s specially trained surveillance operatives collaborate and plan surveillance for the best possible outcome. Starside’s investigators are skilled in surveillance and strategic planning.

We offer surveillance for many purposes including:

  • Corporate Investigations
  • Company Fraud Investigations
  • AOE / COE Investigations
  • Private Investigations
  • Litigation Investigations
  • Insurance Investigations
  • Workers Compensation Investigations
  • Covert Operations
  • Employee Theft

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