Bauer Investigation

This company hired us as a subcontractor to do an investigation in the greater Denver, Colorado area and after completing the investigation has paid pennies on the dollar. This is the first time in 16 years of having our company that I have been taken for a ride by another private investigator. We took the work from Grant Bauer on short notice as a rush case and did not do our due diligence on him or his company. Big mistake on our part. After one of our investigators did a simple internet search to get a phone number for his company there are at least 6 other investigators who are in the same situation from various parts of the US. I contacted Grant Bauer directly and questioned him on the negative posts and his response was that he had good reasons to not pay or partially pay those investigators. One concern that I had when I saw all of the negative information and heard his response was were they all wrong? I highly doubt that six different individuals were horrible investigato... Read more

Do not sub-contract for this rip-off artist. I to fell into this black hole. I conducted investigations for this company for almost 3 months. I did 13 assignments, invoiced over $3500.00 in services. I have only been paid for 3 invoices! When I email or call them, I get the runaround: You will be paid or as soon as my clients pay us..... etc. Every time I request, now demand, my money, Grant Bauer the owner, emails me back with a dirty little note saying not to bother him. I will get the money when he sends it. These guys are a RIP-OFF. Do not work for them. I am not the only investigator that feels this way. Just look at the other comments in the "Rip-Off Report" Well, I am taking action, I have notified BSIS, The New Mexico BBB and I am suing them in Small Claims Court. Another thing, he does not send his sub-contractors a W-9 form or any other TAX form needed. The IRS is interested in that too. This guy needs his PI license taken away.

Bauer Investigations is a RIPOFF. I had a bad feeling when Grant Bauer called and offered me a job... At first I thought that they were just small and unorganized. Now I'm pretty sure that they are just con artist. They wanted me to work a case 4 hours away. I called into the office to arrange a hotel for the case. Grant informed me that it is their company policy for investigators to drive to the hotel then call the office to have them make the reservation.... WTF! So the day of the case I called to request a formal employment offer letter. (Since they never sent one.) They never sent me any Human resources or TAX forms! They sent the letter and I headed to the case. Once I arrived near thehotel I called them to have them make my reservation. I had to wait in the lobby for an hour while they made my reservation. Then to top it off, they only made my reservation for one day. (It was a three day case! ) I informed them of this error and nothing was done. So the next day the hotel called... Read more

Working with Bauer Investigation has been great. Their staff is very knowledgable and friendly. I received daily phone calls on the status of my assignment. They completed the assignment in a timely manner and more importantly is a professional manner. I received a detailed report regarding their findings. I would not hesitate to use them in the future as I have on many occasions. Highly recommend them for your investigative needs. 1-800-881-1024

As they admit to working in Georgia, they are operating illegally, as they do NOT have a license in Georgia to conduct investigations. Check out the Secretary of States website www.sos.state.ga.us under Professional Licensure. Put in the names of Karroll and Grant Bauer and Bauer Investigations, you will find they are not licensed to conduct investigations in Georgia. The State of Georgia requires all private investigators and private investigative agencies to be licensed through the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies. If one is not licensed with that Agency then they are operating illegally and subject to fine and or arrest.