About Surveillance
Circumstances
arise where there exists the need to determine particular activities or
identities by direct observation. Surveillance consists of monitoring
an individual, site, or operation for this purpose.
Surveillance is an investigative technique utilized to observe and document physical activities or associations of individuals. Surveillance may be mobile, covert or fixed through use of surveillance vehicles, afoot, or by plane or boat. Documentation occurs through the use of photo, video & electronic surveillance equipment.
Aenigma investigators are trained to detail their observations in chronological order supported by photographs, video, and audio recordings as the situation requires.
Surveillance is an investigative technique utilized to observe and document physical activities or associations of individuals. Surveillance may be mobile, covert or fixed through use of surveillance vehicles, afoot, or by plane or boat. Documentation occurs through the use of photo, video & electronic surveillance equipment.
Aenigma investigators are trained to detail their observations in chronological order supported by photographs, video, and audio recordings as the situation requires.
Uses for Surveillance
Surveillance is usually requested by a client based on
something specific; such as a medical report, an anonymous tip, etc. to
determine whether a claimant is really injured or just falsifying his
claim. Inherent in our success is the use of sophisticated
state-of-the-art video surveillance equipment. This has allowed us to
get maximum results in many types of investigations, including:
Undercover Surveillance: Undercover employees, witnesses, and/or covert cameras & video
Corporate Surveillance: Our experienced undercover operatives help clients investigate and document employee theft, workers compensation, embezzlement, drug abuse, product tampering, industrial espionage and counterfeit products.
Domestic Surveillance: Unfaithful spouse, child custody, nannies and babysitters.
Other Types: Workers Compensation Claims, Insurance Claims, Abuse of Sick time, employee theft, Matrimonial Investigations, Criminal Investigations, Current Employment, Business or Personal Associates, Daily Activities / Work Habits
Sample Case Studies
Case Study 1
The client, a corporation, had a rash of worker's compensation claims, all relating from back injuries due to heavy lifting and repetitive bending. One or two could be normal, but over 6 within a month was odd, so they hired us to do some activity checks of the claimants. All of these claimants were off work, as even "light duty" was "too stressful" for their back injuries. So we took a look at 6 of them with the most suspicious claims.After about a month of periodic observations of all 6 parties, two were never seen. They may have actually been injured and resting, but they also may have been milking it watching Oprah all day. We'll never know.
One of the others was observed packing his pickup truck with large, deep sea type, fishing poles and gear. We indeed followed him to Galveston where he was filmed getting onto a charter boat carrying a large tackle box and two poles. 6 Hours later he was filmed returning and unloading a large ice chest.
Another individual was observed working on his house during his disability. Yard work including trimming bushes and hauling branches, cleaning including climbing a ladder onto the roof to clean out the gutters, and some repairs to his fence including carrying several fence boards at one time.
A third was filmed installing a new engine into a pickup truck in his driveway/carport.
And the last one was filmed at another job - working at a chemical facility which required him to climb ladders in excess of 40 feet high.
Case Study 2
Coming Soon.