JOHN
LOPES, Private Detective
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
John Lopes began developing his interest in the investigative
sciences as a military police officer in the United States
Army during the Vietnam Era. After his tour of duty overseas,
John returned to his native Massachusetts and attended
Southeastern Mass University where he majored in psychology
and minored in photography. In 1979, John moved to Los
Angeles and discovered his true calling as a rookie private
investigator-training working for retired FBI agent turned
private investigator, James E. Meyers.
By 1985, armed with a .38, solid professional experience,
and a dream, John decided to step out on his own. That
year, he launched his own L.A. based private investigation
firm, THE AGENCY INC., investigating insurance fraud,
spousal infidelity, process service, missing persons,
background checks, and crimes against persons, including
homicide. THE AGENCY has worked with the Los Angeles
County District Attorney’s office assisting in
the successful prosecution of corrupt physicians and
personal injury attorney’s who were conspiring
to defraud millions of dollars in bogus claims from citizens,
insurers and government agencies.
In 1995, John relocated his firm to the Washington
D.C. metropolitan area. Today, THE AGENCY INC., employs
twenty-two field investigators who cover the mid-Atlantic region,
and work cases, and track target subjects wherever the
trail leads coast to coast, and abroad if needed. THE
AGENCY INC., in addition to ‘good old fashioned
detective work’, also utilizes the latest, and
most effective high-tech tools to get the job done. GPS
satellite tracking, covert video/audio surveillance monitoring,
a state of the art custom surveillance van, and the most
up-to-date computer database technology available. John
believes that evidence and information gleaned during
an investigation is only as good as it’s outcome
in a court of law, so each investigation receives the
same meticulous attention to detail and is conducted
with the integrity bar set high.
In January 2003, WTTG FOX News in Washington, D.C.
did a well-received feature story on John Lopes and THE
AGENCY INC. The segment provided a mass television audience
a glimpse inside the world of a real private eye.
MD STATE LICENSE # 106-2340
VIRGINIA STATE LICENSE # 11-4330
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
LICENSE # 0813
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