EXCLUSIVE: Security expert reveals three ‘unimaginable’ Secret Service failures during Donald Trump shooting
Harry Kazakian, a licensed private investigator and seasoned security professional, followed the media coverage in the aftermath of the Donald Trump assassination attempt on July 13, painfully witnessing how the Secret Service’s “unimaginable” mistakes and lapses in judgment led to a botched operation in which the stakes were high. Harry listed at least three problematic factors […]
The Background Check: A Business’ Safeguard Against A Risky Employee
A Bakersfield woman and her two children were on their way to buy back-to-school clothes when a tractor-trailer ran a red light and slammed into their SUV. Mother and son sustained traumatic brain injuries, and they all suffered severe PTSD. The family filed a personal injury lawsuit against the trucking company and the jury awarded […]
Making The Case For Ongoing Background Checks In Your Business
It’s an all-too-common story, and it goes like this: The longtime treasurer of the youth baseball team, or local charity or homeowners association, is suddenly discovered to have embezzled all the organizations’ savings. The causes are familiar, too. Personal bankruptcy. Bail money. A drug habit. Gambling debt. But something like this would never happen in […]
The Added Value of a Private Investigator in a Motor-Vehicle Case
WHAT YOU DON’T LEARN FROM A POLICE REPORT MAY BE JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO PROVE LIABILITY AND IDENTIFY OTHER DEFENDANTS It wasn’t so long ago when private investigators supporting attorneys relied on smarts, shoe leather and people skills to help pull a case together. Today’s “old-fashioned” field work now incorporates significant new equipment, technologies […]
How To Get Serious About Employee Background Checks
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:50 — 22.0MB) | Embed Harry Kazakian, president of Securebackgroundcheck.com and USA Express Legal and Investigative Services, which provide background check services and investigations to hundreds of companies across the country joins Enterprise Radio. Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Harry Kazakian discuss the following: I suppose the first question should be: Why are pre-employment background checks important? There […]
Is It OK to Hire Someone With a Racist Background?
By HARRY KAZAKIAN and RONALD ZAMBRANO In light of the current social-justice movement, companies large and small are scrupulously examining their policies, positions, and practices for evidence of complicity. Top executives and boards of directors have had to answer to stakeholders to address implicit and explicit biases in all aspects of their operations. Several heads have rolled as […]
Tech Tools Can Boost Auto Accident Claim Recovery
Law360 Expert Analysis: Tech Tools Can Boost Auto Accident Claim Recovery July 9, 2020 By Harry Kazakian One of the most disturbing elements of recent protests against police brutality are the stories of vehicles driving into groups of protesters, seemingly with the intent to cause great bodily harm to as many protesters as possible. Those […]
Four Tips For Novice Public Speakers
For many people, these are the two most terrifying words in the English language: public speaking. But hold on. Before you recoil in fear, here’s something to consider: In today’s world, everyone is bombarded from all sides, at all hours, with social media, salespeople, pundits and politicians trying to tell us what to think and […]
How To Check Out Your Background-Check Provider
By Glassdoor Team April 3, 2020 Contributed by Harry Kazakian, President of USA Express Legal and Investigative Services and Securebackgroundcheck.com. Kazakian, also a licensed private investigator, has provided investigations and background check services to hundreds of companies, and investigations training to The Automobile Club of Southern California’s employee investigators. His offices are in San Francisco, Los Angeles and […]
Cuidado: a Medida que Circula el Coronavirus, los Estafadores Estan Cerca
Por Robert Frank Apr 1, 2020 Mientras los temorosos californianos se refugian en casa y se estremecen ante cada noticia apocalíptica sobre el coronavirus, los estafadores ven algo más: signos de dólar. Piénselo: los padres’ que trabajan desde casa mientras manejan niños en edad escolar están distraídos. Se cansan, bajan la guardia y abren un […]