Because of the financial hardship affecting businesses both large and small, it is no surprise that we are extremely busy with our corporate clients.
We are seeing a significant number of clients wanting to trace people who owe them money, in some cases not large amounts, but enough that it is hurting their own cash flow situation. In previous years these amounts would have been written off.
From our perspective these people are using cunning and devious methods to cover their tracks to avoid being found, including posting false information about themselves on social networking sites, giving friends and relatives false information knowing it will be passed on, and in one recent case taking on a whole new identity.
