A lead from investigative journalism

BackTrack Reports' office might bring to mind Philip Marlowe's but the founders of the background check firm, a specialist in hedge funds, reckon the methods of investigative journalists serve its clients better than private-eye or police approaches.

THE PAPER FILES are thick and stacked all around the meeting room. The cabinets are already full. It feels so much like a 1940s’ black-and-white movie that you really don’t want this to be anything other than a detective agency. The elevator ride up to the office adds to the effect – it’s stifling in Manhattan’s muggy summer air.

The main office is one big loft-like room. Fans whirr overhead. The bosses, Randy Shain and Chris Manthey, sit at one end by the window.

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