Dinolt Becnel & Wells Investigative Group was ranked Best Private Investigations Provider by The National Law Journal. ...

Partner Philip Becnel was quoted as an expert in an article in the The Washington Times about heightened concerns over fraud in the federal background check system. Philip states in the article, “Tying bonuses to the speed of closing out investigations is a recipe for fraud.” ...

Partner Philip Becnel was interviewed on The American Private Investigator podcast. On the show it was announced that Philip will be featured quarterly for a new series titled, “Practical Intelligence.” In this first segment of the new series, Philip talked about some best practices when doing international investigations. ...

Partner Philip Becnel gave a talk at the University of Maryland, where he is a periodic guest lecturer at a course on privacy. Philip talked to students of the Honors College about some of the legal and moral pitfalls inherent in an industry that conducts investigations for a myriad of ...

Partner Philip Becnel was quoted in an article in Consumers Digest concerning commercial drones. ...

Partner Philip Becnel was interviewed on “PI’s Declassified” on Voice of America radio. The interview was about privacy and private investigator licensing laws in the United States and in the European Union. ...

Partner Philip Becnel was quoted in an article on Vocativ, an online news magazine. The article, titled “I was tailed by a private investigator,” is about a journalist who confronted a private investigator who was following him. Besides being an amusing story about a bungling investigator, the story highlights why ...

Partner Philip Becnel was quoted in an article in the Contra Costa Times about what makes a good spy movie. ...

Partner Philip Becnel published an article in Homeland Security Today called, “I See You: The New Eyeballs of Modern Mobile Surveillance.” The article discusses legal issues concerning GPS trackers used by private investigators during mobile surveillance. You can find a digital version of the magazine here. ...

Dinolt Becnel & Wells Investigative Group was ranked #1 among the Best Private Investigations Providers by The Legal Times in their “Best of Legal Times 2013 Reader’s Rankings.” ...

Partner Philip Becnel was quoted in an article in The Fiscal Times. In the article, which is titled, “Want to Help Philippines Victims? Beware of Scammers,” Philip is cited as an expert regarding potential fraud related to Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts. ...

Partner Philip Becnel was interviewed by ClearChannel Radio’s WQSO/FM and WGIR/AM, just north of Boston. The interview concerned social media and privacy. ...

Partner Philip Becnel was a speaker at a conference for the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. In the talk, which was titled, “How Not to Conduct an Internal Investigation: A Case Study,” Philip gave an example of a case where he testified as an expert ...

Case Manager Philip Fornaci was a panelist at a conference for the American Bar Association. During the panel, which was titled, “Proliferation of Criminal Records on the Internet,” Philip drew on his decade-plus of experience as Director of the D.C. Prisoners’ Project of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights ...

A private investigator for Dinolt Becnel & Wells Investigative Group helped successfully locate a missing sixteen-year-old boy. Our firm worked on this case pro bono for the Center for Search & Investigations (CFSI), which credited our firm for the investigation on their Facebook page. ...