private investigator
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Around December 2022, the crypto platform OKX received a tip from a private investigator about a suspicious wallet hosted on its platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ronnie is a widower hoping to win enough money to pay off his lawyer, hire a private investigator and find his daughter, who left in anger after her mother died.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a private investigator," she said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
The paper said that many had, including a private investigator hacking into a phone belonging to the murdered teenager Milly Dowler, for a News of the World story.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
“He’s a private investigator attached to the staff of my office. ...”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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