Our social media investigations department is well-known and built out through many years of experience. From Instagram to OnlyFans, we can gather information pertinent to an investigation and follow activity of accounts.
We find hidden accounts, get accepted into private accounts via our many user accounts, and interact with other users to gain intel. Successful social media investigations can greatly speed up a case. They can aid in identifying crucial evidence that would otherwise not be found using traditional investigative methods.
Social media is a form of Open-Source Intelligence and has become a rich source of evidence across a wide variety of legal matters. Social media posts, interactions, and location information can offer a much deeper look into facts and new daily evidence that may be used for leverage in court, legal, and family matters. Furthermore, infidelity cases often lean heavily upon our social media and online investigations
One-Time Investigation or Continued Monitoring
Kay and Associates Investigations captures and records all vital information and data, such as photos, comments, posts, captions, location data, and all other important pieces of meta data. This can be done during a given time period or continuous monitoring over an extended period of time. Depending on the needs of the specific investigation, we can set up daily monitoring or month to month options.
We not only monitor and investigate posts, but also comments, interactions, follows, and followers. It is not a matter of simply what someone is posting, but the surrounding behavior and communications with others on social media channels.
Social Media Investigations are a major aid and provide support for investigations that range from lawsuits to missing persons.
Better Background Checks Using Social Media Investigations
Walking into a court with a complete set of evidence increases your chances for success. Until recently, social media has been overlooked for the value that it adds to criminal and civil cases, data that can change the outcome of the case, for worker’s comp claims as much as family custody cases.
However, a social media search done by an amateur as opposed to a certified, licensed professional investigator that specializes in intelligence are looked at completely different in a court of law. There are very specific protocols and methods that must be adhered to when gathering digital evidence and especially when analyzing the captured data and artifacts that are usable in court as evidence.
For example, did you know that Facebook strips all uploaded photos of metadata? The exif data contained in photos often contains GPS information on where the photo was taken, but if the photo was uploaded to Facebook don’t count on finding that evidence!
Why clients choose Kay and Associates Investigations for Social Media Investigations in legal matters:
- Our investigators are licensed professionals and digital forensic experts.
- We have experienced data recovery specialists with the credentials to prove it!
- We have court certified Expert Witnesses.
- All evidence is processed for ease of use by attorneys and law enforcement.
- Data and digital artifacts can be loaded onto platforms for litigation review, such as Relativity and Reveal.
- Evidence is professionally handled and documented, maintaining the chain-of-custody.
- We offer continuous social media monitoring to capture photo and video evidence and document behavior.
- We can collect evidence from multiple social media accounts simultaneously to report on user behavior.
- We can monitor social media activity and preserve for legal cases.
- We provide validation of surveillance, background checks, and online interactions.
Kay and Associates continue to lead the American investigative industry in social media investigations
Social media investigations are used for a large range and variety of needs and cases. We are hired for social media investigations for many reasons…
- Revenge porn cases
- Insurance claims AOE/COE
- Cheating partners/spouses
- Potential employee hires (signed release required)
- Plaintiff/defendant fact checking
- Child custody battles
- Fathers that skip out on child support
- Sexual harassment
- Restraining orders
- Character defamation
- and more…
How HR Is Using Social Media Investigations
We find useful information for companies looking to vet new hires by using social media investigations combined with background searches.
At reputable companies, the HR departments are commonly using social media investigation services to research potential employees or contractors. Each time a new candidate is being considered for a position within a company, backgrounds are required for the potential new employee. However, there is a large amount of information that is not found in background searches, which can be found with social media investigations.
K&A Investigations work from a case-centered mindset with years of experience that have helped to create the best social media investigations services available.
Andy Kay, Founder of Kay and Associates Investigations