Private Investigator in Markham

Markham Investigations

A Markham Private Investigator is a civilian in the employ of a Markham Ontario private investigations company hired to investigate “subjects” by a client. In Markham, the customer of a PI agency is known as the "client." The “subject” is usually a person or persons but can also be a Markham business. The customer can be an individual, corporation, and even an Ontario government agency.

What Does a Markham Private Investigator Investigate?

The Markham Private Investigator can investigate a wide variety of things; however, Private Investigators in Markham Ontario mostly investigate insurance fraud for insurance companies.

• However, with the rise of digital technology in the modern age, more Markham PI agencies are specializing completely on cyber investigations.

Markham Private Investigators typically take on investigative cases that do not fall under the purview of an ON government agency, such as civil matters while ON government agencies will cover serious criminal cases. Because a Private Investigator is just a normal Markham citizen, they do not have any special investigative privileges. A Private Investigator in Markham ON has the same power/ authority of any Markham citizen with the exception that a Markham PI is allowed to offer investigative services to customers (clients) and has the expertise in investigations. The cost of a Markham Private Investigator depends on the type of investigative service offered and the level of skill of the Investigator.

Markham PI Clients

The most common clients for Private Investigators in Markham are insurance companies, law firms, private corporations, and ordinary Markham citizens. Investigations conducted for these clients will frequently involve potential fraud. Other clients in Markham will want to obtain more detailed information in order to adjudicate or manage an insurance claim. Many of these cases are mitigated through the hiring of a Markham Private Investigator. They can include both surveillance and non-surveillance efforts.

• The non-surveillance includes background investigations.

Markham investigations often obtain more information faster than legal processes such as discovery (the pretrial disclosure of relevant evidence), thus providing the Investigator’s clients more information for decision-making.