Estimated Total AirBnB Host Revenues by City

Popular short term rental booking websites like AirBnB have demonstrated that the internet can be a lucrative marketplace that tax and revenue must heed.  In fact, the $25 Billion valuation should be further evidence of the value of a grey-market for tax called the Sharing Economy.  Tax Discovery departments for the state, city and county

LTAS Celebrates 4 years – Thank you customers

Hooray!  LTAS Technologies is celebrating 4 years of providing quality investigative tools to help fight fraud and criminal activity online.  We have worked with over 130 customers in 7 different countries around the world! We thank all our customers and if you were wondering what customers we have, below is a breakdown of their industry

Harmari Gallery for archived images

Customers have been frustrated in the past when obtaining deleted Craigslist ads without the pictures via the Harmari Search Forensic View.  Well that has changed going forward, because now Harmari Search archives image content for certain categories: cars & trucks, boat, RV, motorcycle, and heavy equipment.  Partial coverage of those categories exists starting from December

Bing Birds-eye gives you a fresh perspective on satellite imagery

Bing Maps provides a fresh alternative to Google Maps as a free resource for satellite imagery.  Specifically it has to do with the Birds Eye feature, which gives you an aerial view at 40 degrees from vertical.  The pictures are not shot by satellites but by aircraft with specially designed remote sensing technology.   Birdseye works

$10k staged home burglary found via pawn shop records

Suppose an insured claims a burglary occurred and valuables were stolen in the amount of $10,000.  Would an insurance investigator think of ulterior motives for the money?  Would an SIU investigator think of searching pawn shop records to find the very same items in the claim were pawned?  Well that’s exactly what happened in the

5 Reasons why 1099K data won’t fill in the tax gap

With oil prices down 50% since Fall 2014, state revenue agencies are seeking ways to overcome the shortfall without increasing taxes.  The simplest answer is improved enforcement: discovery, lead development, audit and collections are key aspects of that.  The IRS’s IRMF data by state payee from 1099K filings is a good start if you haven’t

Cyber Monday special on Harmari

We did say there was a promotion going on, didn’t we?   Whether you’re just getting started with Harmari, or you’re already using it daily for your searches, do take advantage of this promotion on until December 21!     Get 10 Harmari Search credits for the price of 5!  Simply look under the Pricing / Cart page