Seldom do we really get the opportunity to dig in and write about corporate P.I.s at The Daily Caveat. Sure the blog is for and about corporate investigations, but normally our bretheren in the industry move quietly behind the scenes to get the job done (well, ok, other than Kroll, that is). More often than not it is the cheesy Hollywood P.I.s, or stern grandfatherly ex-Cop types who make the news. So consider it no fun to write about a corporate P.I. geting snagged by the FBI...

Steve Rambam of New York's Pallorium, Inc., which bills itself as an international investigative firm, was arrested today as he was about to give an address at a computer hacker conference. FBI agents escorted Rambam from the hall just moments before his presentation was to begin in relation to charges stemming from Rambam allegedly posing as a law enforcement officer to extract information from an informant. How Rambam will answer the charges remains to be seen. More here.

UPDATE: Check out the Washington Post story, with additional details on Rambam's arrest. And more on the hacker conference he was attending, from Wired.

-- MDT

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