Info on Scientology's Private Investigators up to 2007

Scientology's Private Investigators

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SCIENTOLOGY's PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS Examples of IRS sanctioned "charitable activity" disclaimer: this page would load faster if Scientology had fewer Private Investigators

David Jay Lubow

David Jay Lubow, aka David Lebeau, aka David Lee, is a PI that works frequently for Scientology. He was last known to work for Omega Legal Services of Cedaredge, CO. Colorado does not require Private Investigators or Agencies to be licensed. LINKS: "The real story" about David Lee. More pictures of Lee/Lubow.

Barry Gaston

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Barry Gaston, aka Rinzy Trinidad, Florida Private Investigator license #C9800787, owns Gaston Investigations, 708 Delmar Street, Lake Wales, FL 33853, phone# 941-6781235, Agency license #A9800300. The photograph above right is of Gaston along with Scientology attorneys Paul Johnson and Helena Kobrin. LINKS: St Petersburg Times editorial about a court case that involved Gaston setting up a Scientology critic for a marijuana arrest (this case also involved the following PI, Brian J. Raftery as well as PI Joseph Fabrizio). Helena Kobrin "Love Page."

(no photo) Brian J. Raftery Brian J. Raftery, aka Brian Shaunessy, Florida Private Investigator license #C9500982, owns World Wide Investigations & Security, Inc., 213 Turner Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, Agency license #A9500412, telephone number 727-631-0302. His business card lists his home telephone number 941-751-1590. He lists his residence as 6019 Courtside Drive, Bradenton, FL 34210. LINKS: Raftery was fined and placed on probation by the Florida Division of Licensing for failure to cooperate with an investigation, click here for documents relating to that incident.

Neil E. Raftery Neil E. Raftery, Florida Private Investigator license #C9900447, works for his father Brian J. Raftery, at World Wide Investigations & Security, Inc.


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Joseph C. Fabrizio Joseph C. Fabrizio, Florida Private Investigator license #C9300294, owns J.F. Charles & Associates, Inc., Investigative Agency license #A9300211, at 1135 Pine Ridge Circle West, Bldg. 105, B-2, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689, telephone number 727937-0714. Fabrizio also has a concealed weapons permit #G9300772.

Eugene Ingram Eugene Ingram has worked for Scientology for many years beginning back in the days of L. Ron Hubbard, and has been known to still do various jobs for them more recently. More recently, he was wanted in Hillsborough County, FL on a warrant for failure to appear, in a case involving his impersonating a Police Officer, but this case was dropped after Ingram laid low and stayed out of Florida until the statutes ran out. LINKS: More info about Ingram. A page about Ingram's efforts in the UK to prevent a TV show from airing


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George Pilat It is not clear whether George Pilat, Florida private investigator license #C8600135, currently works for Scientology. However, he was part of their infamous Operation Snow White, which landed several Scientologists in prison, including Mary Sue Hubbard. Pilat currently operates a Clearwater, FL based ISP called Intnet, and owns his own private investigative agency- Intelligence Network, Inc., 1224 Rogers St., Clearwater, FL 33756, license #A8600044.

Edwin Richardson Edwin Richardson is a Los Angeles, CA Private Investigator. He is often assigned to tail picketers of Scientology in Hemet, CA. More recently he harassed longtime Scientology critic Ida Camburn on her doorstep, bringing a Sheriff Deputy and a bizarre insinuation that she was planning to make a "cake bomb". LINKS: Keep off Mom's front porch! Commentary by Arnie Lerma


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(no photo) Lee C. Pitcher Lee C. Pitcher, Arizona PI license #9303004, is known to have worked for Scientology in 2001 investigating Carnegie Mellon professor Dave Touretzky. She was evidently hired to look into his financial information. Her agency is American Bureau of Investigations, Inc., P.O. Box 15740, Phoenix, AZ 85060, phone numbers 602-257-1977 and 602-919-6234. Her email addresses are [email protected] and [email protected]

Unidentified This unidentified Scientology PI followed Scientology critic Keith Henson in the area of Hemet, CA in October of 2000.

Lindsay C. Colton Left photo copyright Tilman Hausherr, used with permission

Lindsay C. Colton, Florida Private Investigator license #C9300061, owns Colton & Associates, Inc., Florida Investigative Agency license #A9100317, which is located at 2194 State Road 580, Suite F, Dunedin, FL 34698, Telephone # 727-789-0485. LINKS: Colton & Associates Website


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Gregg D. Colton Colton & Associates, Inc. is also owned by Gregg D. Colton, Florida Private Investigator license #C8500907. LINKS: Colton & Associates website bio page about Gregg and Lindsay Colton

Steven M. Bellavigna Left photo copyright Tilman Hausherr, used with permission

Steven M. Bellavigna, Florida Private Investigator license #C9600501, works for Florida Claims Bureau, Inc., Bradenton, FL. See the next investigator, Ernest F. Robinson, for more information about this agency.


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Ernest F. Robinson Ernest F. Robinson owns Florida Claims Bureau, Inc., agency license #A8500218, which is located at 6015 Resource Lane, Bradenton, FL. His agency has been known to provide investigators to Scientology on a regular basis. LINKS: Florida Claims Bureau, Inc. Website

Unidentified This PI may work for Colton & Associates or Florida Claims Bureau. Scientology duing 2000.


He worked for

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Daniel Otero Daniel Otero, Florida Private Investigator license # C0002825, owns Adlo Detective Agency, Florida Investigative Agency license # A9100081, 17510 Gunlock Rd., Lutz, FL 33684, Phone 813-920-4332. He has harassed numerous critics of Scientology, including the producers of a movie being filmed in the Tampa area. LINKS: "The Profit" website, a film Scientology insists has nothing to do with them, yet they ceaselessly harassed the filmmakers with PI Otero and others. A Realvideo clip of Otero and Scientologist Richard Hirst talking, each obviously familiar with the other. (hibandwidth only).


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Christopher E. Nelson Christopher E. Nelson, Florida Private Investigator license #C2000116, works for Advance Metro Security, also known as U.S. Security Associates, Inc., Florida Investigative Agency license #A9400076, 1414 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607. The parent company of this investigative agency is U.S. Security Associates, Inc., 200 Mansell Ct. E., Suite 500, Roswell, GA 30076. LINKS: U.S. Security Associates, Inc. Website.

Unidentified These two PIs worked for Scientology in Tampa during 2000. photo, in the blue shirt, may be Christopher Nelson.

The PI in the left


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John Gonzalez In these photos, the man with the gray hair, purple shirt, glasses and beard is John Gonzalez, Florida Private Investigator license #C9800979. He works for Andrew Michael Investigations, Florida Investigative Agency license #A9100259, 3661 Macada Lane, Tampa, FL 33618-2048, Telephone # 813-948-3900. This agency is owned by Steve Andrew Richardson, Florida Private Investigator license #C9100579, 18506 Turtle Drive, Lutz, FL 33549, and Thomas E. Jones, 6523 Fletch Road, Land O'Lakes, FL 34634. The PI in the white/Hawaiian print shirt may be Steve Andrew Richardson or a supervisor at that agency.


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Bo Strandman Bo Strandman is a PI in Sweden who runs Detecta Info Consult, a PI agency in Stockholm. He has worked to harass reporters and others in Sweden on behalf of Scientology. Strandman may still be active working for Scientology.

Leif Nordstrom Leif Nordstrom is a PI in Sweden who has worked for Scientology, and has made death threats to a Scientology critic there.


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Unidentified This PI worked for Scientology, following various critics in the Tampa, Florida area for several months in 2000.

William Thierry Duchaunac William Thierry Duchaunac is employed by Talon Executive Services of 1981 Brookhurst, Suite D-429, Huntington Beach, CA 92646, phone# 714-434-7476. He was


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hired by Scientology to tail Franz Tartarotti, a German television producer who was in the United States to film a critical program about Scientology. Duchaunac may not be a licensed private investigator. LINKS: Talon Executive Services Website. A report on the events which led to some of these photographs.

John Terbush John Terbush has worked with William Thierry Duchaunac in the Washington, DC area. He is on the Scientology staff and may not be licensed as a private investigator.

Unidentified photos courtesy of Stephen Marinick

These two PIs are pictured in a car with no license plate in the parking lot of the Mesa Justice Court near the Scientology property at Dobson and University in Mesa, Arizona. It has been reported that they were employed by Sub Rosa Investigations, 531 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, CA 92666-1602, 714-538-4924, with a Los Angeles number 213-581-2767 and Grass Valley number 916-477-8044. LINKS: Sub Rosa Investigations Website.


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Angel Adrian Casillas Jr. Angel Adrian Casillas Jr. has worked with William Thierry Duchaunac, at Talon Executive Services of 1981 Brookhurst, Suite D-429, Huntington Beach, CA 92646, phone# 714-434-7476. As described above, these private investigators were hired by the Church of Scientology to tail Franz Tartarotti, a German television producer who was in the United States to film a critical program about Scientology.

Unidentified This PI was caught in August 2001, working for Scientology and tailing an attorney from Clearwater to St. Petersburg, FL.


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(no photo) Janet L. Holsclaw Also employed by Talon Executive Services was Janet L. Holsclaw. She was at one time the Director of Marketing for Talon, but was removed from their website once her identity as a PI working to harass a critic on behalf of Scientology was exposed in 1998. (no photo) Jeff Martin Jeff Martin was also employed by Talon Executive Services in 1998. He evidently obtained information about a Scientology critic's rental car records that normally are not revealed by the rental agency. (no photo) Roger Middleton Roger Middleton also possibly known as Roger Milton, is a Private Investigator in Melbourne, Australia. He is a retired police officer in his fifties. (no photo) John J. Gaw John J. Gaw is a Riverside, CA private investigator who has handled a number of cases on behalf of Scientology, said in a deposition that he used as many as "seven or eight" investigators to conduct surveillance of Attorney Joseph Yanny between June, 1988 and March, 1989. (no photo) Al Bei Al Bei is a former Los Angeles, CA police officer who has worked as a private investigator on cases for Scientology. (no photo) Woody Bastemeyer Woody Bastemeyer is owner of Western Investigating, 4423 N. Greenvale Circle, Stillwater, OK. He has performed assorted investigations for Scientology front group Narconon in Oklahoma. (no photo) Margaret F. Dellerson Margaret F. Dellerson was a Miami, Florida private investigator working for Scientology as late as 1995, but her license #8900676 is now cancelled or expired. (no photo) Robert Shovlin Robert Shovlin is a California private investigator that has worked for Scientology.


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(no photo) Michael L. Shomers Michael L. Shomers is a Maryland Private Investigator who worked for Scientology for at least 18 months in the early 90's, posing as a reporter to gather information on critics of Scientology. He also infiltrated IRS meetings prior to the controversial tax exempt status being granted by the IRS to Scientology. LINKS: Shomers is mentioned in this article about the IRS deal with Scientology. (no photo) Thomas J. Krywucki Thomas J. Krywucki is a private investigator who worked for Michael L. Shomers out of Shomer's Maryland office. (no photo) Mike Middleton Mike Middleton is a Canturbury, New Hampshire private investigator working for Scientology. He was present during harassment of a prominent church critic at his home in 1998.

(no photo) Peter Comras Peter Comras is a private investigator who stated to Steven Fishman in 1992 that he was an agent of the Israeli government investigating Scientology. It turned out that Mr. Comras was a private investigator hired by the Office of Special Affairs of the Church of Scientology to investigate Fishman. (no photo) Jarl Grieve Einar Cynewulf Cynewulf is a Scientology PI in Bristol, England. He shot at a newspaper reporter and photographer in 1987 and threatened to kill them. He later claimed that he no longer works for Scientology. LINKS: An account of the shooting incident. (no photo) Virginia Snyder Virginia Snyder was the Delray Beach, Florida Private Investigator who hired Cynewulf on behalf of Scientology in 1987. Her Florida PI license expired in 1999 and has not been renewed.

Other links:


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A website with photos of Scientology thugs, PIs, process servers and members of Scientology's OSA (Office of Special Affairs) as they hassle critics or run away after being caught. Thug Bosses featured too! Tilman Hausherr's Scientology PI website, for more photos of cultist PI's and security staff! An index of pages with information about Scientology and Private Investigators

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