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
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
Suppose you’re interested in getting in touch with somebody on LinkedIn, but they are 3 degrees apart from you and you can only see their first name and last initial, like the search result below where I’m looking for someone working in compliance and enforcement. So to find out their full name from LinkedIn, search
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
The going rate in China for a brand new 2014 Mercedes Benz SLS is $3.8M RMB (about $620k USD) available at this official retailer’s website (4S) But this unofficial dealer has it for the low low price of $2.8M RMB (about $464k USD). He also provides extremely low prices for almost every single model of
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LTAS is offering for a limited time a Refer-a-friend promotion. If a fellow investigator that you refer purchases WIST or Harmari Search credits, then you’ll be eligible for 5 free credits on the product of your choice. Referring a friend is easy! Just follow the steps below: Get your friend to watch some of our
$500 or $1,000 sounds like a good deal if you are needy looking for a roommate or are looking for work. Illegal Car Exporters recruited straw buyers desperate for cash or rooms from Craigslist and would rent access to the fraudulent addresses they used to register the vehicles in the states to cover up their
LTAS Technologies co-presented a topic “1099K and E-commerce Discovery : Not a Slam Dunk!” at the 2014 FTA Technology Conference in Portland, Oregon earlier this month. Minnesota Revenue presented the government perspective on how both open source and 1099K data compliment each other to bring you a complete picture of a taxpayer. LTAS was on
The State of Hawaii Department of Taxation wins a $150M ruling in its favour to collect taxes owing from a consortium of online travel booking agencies led by Expedia, and Travelocity. Hawaii has on its state tax books a General Excise Tax (GET) of 4% where a business must pay for the privilege of doing