Services

MILLERGROUP surveillance teams are utilized to address a variety of situations including, but not limited to, the following:

• Anti-Stalking - to document inappropriate pursuit, supplement personal and physical security, assist in revealing the existence or non-existence of inhibitors to violence, and deter future intrusions.
• Workplace Violence - to supplement security measures and gather information critical to threat assessment.
• Litigation Intelligence - to gather evidence relevant to a wide range of legal issues.
• Insurance Fraud - to verify claims and document activities.

Our surveillance teams are expert in this highly technical and sensitive area, including utilization of the latest still and video camera equipment, and have amassed over 20,000 hours of field experience.

MILLERGROUP Investigators, also licensed with Los Angeles County as Process Servers, are highly experienced in all facets of difficult service of process. We utilize the latest information, resources and most creative techniques to locate and serve your subject. We are frequently called upon to conduct surveillance on those individuals who go to great lengths to evade service.

We understand that delays in process service can be costly, whether you need an individual served with a Summons or a Restraining Order. MILLERGROUP Investigators will serve your papers in a legal, professional and timely manner paying close attention to every aspect of the proper method of legal service in the State of California.

Consultation - to frame our client's expectations as to public vs. private information sources, the availability and accuracy of relevant data and other records, third party response time, and jurisdictional considerations. In addition, we develop a sense of our client's budget, time considerations, and any other issues affecting the process. We then work together with our clients and their attorneys to create an investigation plan to meets their needs.

Control Applications - to expedite the investigation process and increase research accuracy. Based on the ideal applicant profile, we provide information as to the availability of information to assess persons with specific educational, professional, and occupational backgrounds. In addition, we assist in preparing control questions that maximize response information and address multiple areas that might be precluded if posed by third parties. This is one of the most important, yet often overlooked assets to the due diligence process.

Selecting Areas of Inquiry - to ensure our clients are fully informed as to all relevant areas of inquiry available to them. Clearly, the areas of interest regarding persons who will be performing a single stunt during a half-hour program will be less than for persons who will be aired daily or weekly over a season and/or who will be living together in a moderately supervised environment.

In the area of individual due diligence, our clients regularly request investigations to assess the following issues:

• External candidates seeking high-stakes internal positions.
• Internal executives seeking promotions to more sensitive posts.
• Sub-contractor consultants working on temporary, yet information sensitive projects.
• Applicants for placement in reality television productions.

In many cases, our investigations have substantiated claims of individual integrity and corporate stability. In others, we have developed evidence revealing undisclosed civil litigation, criminal histories, conflict of interest activities, financial instability, inflated assets, hidden liabilities, and overall questionable business practices.

Some of our more commonly requested due diligence services are:

Pre-Employment and Executive Audit Investigations - In depth customized background investigations to assist in pre-employment, pre-promotion, and interim evaluations involving high level, sensitive positions.

Television Production Risk Assessment and Mitigation - Customized background investigation programs to assist in the evaluation of persons seeking to participate as contestants, guests, and performers on reality based programs and various talk show formats. MILLERGROUP's efforts in this area have been instrumental in reducing the risk of negative publicity and financial liability to both networks and production companies.

Today, businesses face enormous challenges in trying to effectively protect their most valuable assets: including confidential information, inventory, and especially personnel. We help our clients face these challenges head on with creative and effective solutions to manage immediate internal and external threats and to develop proactive plans to reduce future vulnerability.

Some of the security consulting services we provide include the following:

• Executive Protection
• Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance
• Residential and Commercial Physical Security Assessments
• Information Security Assessments
• Law Enforcement Liaison
• Technical Surveillance Countermeasures

MILLERGROUP is regularly called upon to provide expert safety and privacy investigation consulting in matters involving the inappropriate pursuit and/or stalking of public figures as well as non-public, high-risk individuals. Specific services include the following:

• Identification of Suspected Pursuers or "Stalkers"
• Background Investigations - to develop critical information used to assess threats and manage pursuers and stalkers.
• Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance
• Media Investigations - to identify sources providing confidential information to the tabloid media and legitimate media sources.
• Media Privacy Consulting
• Evaluation of your current privacy measures and the development of customized programs to increase privacy and reduce your vulnerability to future intrusions.

MILLERGROUP investigators work hand in hand with law firms to assist their attorneys in matters involving a wide range of complex commercial litigation, and personal injury defense issues. Using state of the art information resources, equipment, and interview techniques, we have supplied the critical information necessary for our clients to prevail in the pre-litigation phase and at trial.

Some of our most requested services include the following:

• Physical Evidence Collection and Analysis
• Due Diligence Investigations regarding Persons and Business Entities
• Locating "hard to find" Witnesses
• Asset Identification

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures

The use of electronic surveillance to commit economic espionage has been a rapidly growing trend. Covert information gathering has been documented in both business and residential environments, targeting corporate executives as well as those in communication with them. We have even uncovered evidence of listening devices and video surveillance equipment in five-star hotel rooms, in vehicles, and on aircraft.

To help mitigate the risk of unwittingly supplying confidential, proprietary information, MILLERGROUP "TSCM" experts utilize state of the art countermeasures equipment to reveal covertly placed, information-gathering items. In addition, we regularly provide privacy/information security assessments to assist clients in reducing the risk of future intrusions.