logo

News

Degree bought at internet site.

Feb 8th, 2010 | By invest | Category: News

The headline which seriously damages a company’s reputation reads:
EDS main witness in BSkyB case had a “propensity to be dishonest” – judge
Sky was suing EDS over miss-selling its capabilities to deliver a call centre and CRM system.
What caught our interest is that the EDS defence seems to have faltered because a key witness, Joe Galloway, [...]



Surveillance Teams save Companies £1000’s in August 2009.

Sep 4th, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

The following News article relates to surveillance work we have undertaken over the past month and provides a perfect example of how even in a recession staff are still out their abusing their positions and your trust.
 
Enquiry One
 
Who is supervising the Supervisor?
 
Our client, a local authority, was concerned that a safety supervisor was, failing [...]



Does Crime Pay? Not in this case!!

Aug 5th, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

Our Company is in its 20th year and since our inception we have been involved with the motor finance industry and the reporting of vehicles obtained by Fraud to Police on behalf of such institutions.
Early this year we were contacted by our customer in respect of such a vehicle which they believed was obtained using [...]



Holiday Motor Home recovered in France

Aug 5th, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

The repossession of a motorhome is always difficult as the vehicle in question is usually stored or left at a location not readily linked to the hirer. 
 
This was the case in July 2009 when our client provided us with a case where both the UK resident hirer and his vehicle could not be located. 
 
A comprehensive investigation established that this motorhome was actually in [...]



Fraudulent email? HMRC or not?

Jul 6th, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

HM Revenue and Customs have now produced a webpage providing details of the scams that are currenly hitting the nations  ‘inboxes’.
The HMRC website provides details of the  the e-mail addresses used as well as methods and examples of the various scams.
The latest example from the website and posted just last month states:
Approval of funds scam email [...]



Raising money for charity

Jul 3rd, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

On Saturday 27th June 2009 four members of WM Investigation Ltd and their sister company Licence Bureau Ltd ( www.licencebureau.co.uk  ) walked and scrambled up Ben Nevis on behalf of Brake, the road safety charity ( www.brake.org.uk ).
The walk took a total of seven hours 20 minutes and started in bright sunshine.  Upon reaching the [...]



Repossession – A Dirty Job.

Jun 15th, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

Having been instructed to locate a new Ford Focus, we established the hirer had been a licensee.
 
A successful trace was undertaken and a new address identified for both the hirer and the vehicle for recovery.
 
Recovery was completed after discussions with the hirer however to our surprise the car was being used as a dog kennel for [...]



Daily Mail Crime Story – Our help provides Success

Jun 15th, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

Since our inception in 1989 we have worked with individuals, companies and organisations to provide evidence of wrong doing to Police in a manner that will ensure an investigation is undertaken and prevent the allegation being swept under the carpet.  Every week we notify Police of vehicles obtained by deception for the major finance houses [...]



Lucky Escape or Attempted Murder?

Jun 11th, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

Repossessing cars is a tricky business and a career not to be taken lightly.
 
One of our first repossessions in 1989 ended with the driver reported to  Police for dangerous driving and the vehicle impaled on the top of railings having tried to evade the recovery. The driver had made off across a grass lawn almost [...]



International Quality Standard Achieved – ISO 9001

Apr 3rd, 2009 | By invest | Category: News

WM Investigation Ltd are pleased to announce they have achieved ISO9001 accreditation. The standard which is audited externally on an annual basis provides our customers with an internationally recognised accreditation for Quality Assurance.
The standard has a number of auditable measures including process and quality of service to all our customers.
The next step is ISO 27001 [...]