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January 25, 2023

Numbers Don’t Lie, But Those Who Use Them Sometimes Do

Every so often court cases pop up in the news that serve as good reminders of all the ways a due diligence exercise can go wrong, and now is one of those times. At 221B Partners, we couldn’t help notice the…

January 6, 2023

OSINT for Good: Online Sleuths Fight Sex Trafficking

All Things Possible—a nonprofit that helps people affected by trauma—has partnered with Echo Analytics Group to bring together groups of vetted volunteers to identify potential victims of sex trafficking and…

December 21, 2022

Covid Changed How We Work – And How Our Kids Learn About It

The onset of the pandemic forced employers to reexamine how and where work is done. But as Covid restrictions have eased, 2022 might be remembered as the year working from home settled in as the new norm for…

November 18, 2022

What Would the Amazing Randi Say?

James Randi, known by his stage name “the Amazing Randi,” was an accomplished magician, escape artist and sleight of hand practitioner who, in the 1970s and 1980s, took to exposing as frauds and charlatans…

October 28, 2022

Spies in the Skies

Am I nosy or am I just an investigator? When I notice an interesting piece of information or catch a glimpse of something out of the ordinary my brain can’t help but go into overdrive and want to figure out…

October 14, 2022

How one investigator unburied a 50-year-old Alaskan mystery

I love a story that takes a morsel of common knowledge and turns that small narrative on its head, expanding it into something astonishing and new. Last year, I listened to a podcast called “Missing in Alaska”…

September 30, 2022

Catfishing in America: Te’o’s Story a Cautionary Tale for any Social Media User

Most Americans probably had never heard the term “catfishing” in January 2013, when news broke that Manti Te’o, star linebacker for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, had become a high-profile victim of the online…

September 2, 2022

This Whale of a Tale Shows Elite Looked the Other Way

The tale of Jho Low’s exploits may draw your attention with the likes of Leo and Kim, and celebrities cavorting on the deck of Low’s 250-foot yacht at Cannes. But it’s the years of painstaking investigative…

July 25, 2022

Fake Cricket Puts Online Gamblers in a Sticky Wicket

Fraud takes many forms, and the more clever, the more likely it is to gain widespread attention once it is discovered. A case in point: a story out of India earlier this month involving an elaborate fraud…

July 15, 2022

221B Strives to Identify Red Flags Before Tragedy Strikes

To help assess the level of threat and determine appropriate next steps, 221B Partners conducts public records research into subjects of interest to get a fuller picture of their lives and whether they have a…

July 1, 2021

OxyContin Maker's Story Shows There's No Substitute for Old-Fashioned Digging

I’ve just finished reading Patrick Radden Keefe’s Empire of Pain, an account of the Sackler family’s ownership of Purdue Pharma, which created the highly addictive pain medication OxyContin. The book details…

May 20, 2022

The Other Investigators at 221B…

It is only fitting that my next book club pick coincides with this Sunday’s Sherlock Holmes Day, memorialized on the birthday of his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I chose The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes…

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