Beware the private eye

FORGET dingy offices and trench coats, the trademark of pulp fiction private detectives. Today's private eyes operate from swankier offices with their own personalised chocolates for clients and the New Sunday Times team was thrown for a loop when they visited one recently.

Wife checks on husband, husband checks on mistress

THOSE who engage the services of private investigators are largely suspicious spouses. Indeed, at least about half of the private investigations (which comprise 40 per cent of its business) that MVD International Sdn Bhd conducts are related to matrimonial issues.

Ethics probe of lawmaker Seabaugh quietly vanishes

Long investigation into whether Mitch Seabaugh mishandled funds goes away.

More conflicts of interest at Manatee Rural Health?

MANATEE — Manatee County Rural Health Services’ chief executive is promising reforms following a Bradenton Herald investigation into his salary and the agency’s hiring of firms owned by its officials — even as other questionable business dealings are uncovered.

Cameron: I stand by spin chief in phone tap row

Invoices held by the Met apparently show that News International paid private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for work relating to the former deputy PM.