Private eye - watching you?
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| MARISSA A. VICKERS PHOTO Greg Kellerman, of Kellerman Investigations, shows off some of his tools, including a night vision lens, DVR and a hidden camera that looks like a shirt button. |
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Many people have passed by the facility, but now thanks to an article that ran in the "National Enquirer" on Monday, March 17, Kellerman Investigations has just been catapulted into national exposure.
"They saw that we had integrity testing," said Greg Kellerman, owner of the investigative firm. "Integrity testing is huge in Europe and Japan. It's one of the number one growing professions in the private investigations business."The article, which Kellerman joked was placed ahead of an article about Britney Spears, highlighted one of the firm's many services, known as "honey-trapping." Honey-trapping is a tool of integrity testing that concerned spouses or partners can use to test their loved ones faithfulness.
For example, if a wife suspects her husband may be having an extra-martial affair she could hire Kellerman and one of his beautiful investigators to conduct surveillance.
"Basically (the decoy) will just sit at the bar, make eye contact, smile. He does, or she does, the rest," Kellerman said of the person they are hired to test.
"No other attempt is made. If eye contact is all that's necessary, he comes over and starts talking and then I'm sitting in the background wearing the button hole (camera) recording it. The minute he offers a number or offers to go back to the hotel room she excuses herself, goes to the bathroom and we leave. Test failed."
The button hole Kellerman is referring to is a hidden camera that looks identical to a black button on a dress shirt. It is one of his many gadgets. Others include a military-grade night vision lens, GPS tracking devices, a high-tech camera and an infrared light.
Kellerman said the rate in which couples split up after an affair has been discovered versus seeking help is about 50/50.
"Now, I might think that what I do causes someone to seek divorce but so many times they seek resolution," Kellerman said, adding that by the time a client hires him for his services he or she has already gathered a lot of evidence that suggests he or she is getting cheated on.
"Hardly ever it's an intuition, it's gone past that," he said.
On his Web site, www.kellermaninvestigations.com, Kellerman lists many warning signs that a spouse could be having an affair.
For example, if a spouse or loved one becomes more antagonistic or irritable, attends new functions outside of work, avoids taking his or her spouse to work gatherings or begins going into a different room when on the phone, he or she could be having an affair.
Other signs include if the passenger seat is not in its normal position, the car has more mileage than to be expected, or if the spouse shuts down itemized phone billing or adds unlimited texting to a cell phone.
Kellerman said one of the greatest signs is if the partner becomes critical or more accusatory toward the other person.
"Fault finding - that's always the case. When a person has an affair they're always going to try to initiate an argument with you because either they feel guilty or they're unhappy with the marriage or they really wanna be with their lover more than you," he said, adding, "There's reasons why people have affairs. They don't just one day go 'I'm going to have an affair today.'"
Also on Kellerman's Web site are suggestions for worried partners to consider employing, such as surprise visits to work, saving the spouse's underwear for testing or installing wireless cameras in the home.
Infidelity cases are just one of several services that Kellerman offers. In fact, most of his business deals with process serving, such as serving court summons and subpoenas. In addition, he provides skip-tracing, background checks for employers, worker's compensation investigations, lost heir searches and much more.
Kellerman said if a child is trying to locate a parent he will perform the search for free as long as he is permitted to record the reunion.
Kellerman said he thinks the article in the "National Enquirer" will have a positive effect - the Internet traffic on his Web site has already quadrupled.
"If this article can save one marriage or one family then it's worth it," he said.
For more information, log onto his Web site, www.kellermaninvestigations.com, or call 288-6662.
