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Bad news of criminal malfeasance in PI world is the terrible gift that never stops giving. In that regard, Danny Boice, formerly of Trustify, has been quite generous. Hal has the sad and sorry scoop.
Big thanks to the Washington Post for linking to our 2015 piece, written by our friend Chad Nichols, when Trustify was still shiny and new — and some folks dared to hope, while others were deeply skeptical. You’ll get no hot takes from us here. It’s not wrong to “trust but verify” and assume good faith in others as a default position. But every brazen betrayal makes it tougher to believe. That’s the saddest part of it all.
In happier gift news, see this week’s PI book rec: Mike Spencer’s “Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real PI.” It’s full of great stories by the wonderful Mike Spencer, ex-journo with extreme chops in the departments of investigation and wordsmithing.
You can read an excerpt here, to make the waiting easier after you order the book at Amazon.
Check back next week for more Hal, more news, and more book recs for your investigative library. And now, here’s the briefing:
