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Licensed PI Seeking Cutting-Edge OSINT Suggestions - Syclopz - May 16, 2026
Hello everyone,
My name is Michael LoMonaco. I am a licensed private investigator and Director of Client Services with a national investigations firm specializing in workers’ compensation, SIU, fraud detection, background research, and claims investigations.
I am currently exploring ways to strengthen our OSINT capabilities in a fully lawful, ethical, and compliance-focused manner. My goal is to better identify investigative leads, improve case triage, support due diligence, and help focus field resources more effectively.
I would appreciate any insight from this community regarding cutting-edge OSINT tools, workflows, data sources, or methodologies that are proving effective in today’s environment. I am especially interested in solutions involving:
Public records enrichment
Business intelligence and corporate linkage research
Social media and digital footprint analysis
Location intelligence used strictly as lead-generation
Link analysis and entity resolution
Surface, deep, and dark web monitoring
Automation or AI-assisted OSINT workflows
Best practices for documentation, validation, and evidentiary separation
To be clear, I am not looking for anything intrusive, unauthorized, or outside legal and ethical boundaries. I am interested in professional-grade tools and responsible methodologies that can help investigators produce more accurate, defensible, and actionable intelligence.
I would welcome any recommendations on vendors, platforms, training resources, or workflows that serious OSINT professionals believe are worth evaluating.
Thank you in advance. I look forward to learning from the group and contributing where I can.
Respectfully,
Michael LoMonaco
RE: Licensed PI Seeking Cutting-Edge OSINT Suggestions - Vagueness - Jun 23, 2026
10+ years doing private osint research and am haooy to assist and show you the ropes maybe even help with some investigations