• Houston Chronicle- Article Title: Combating Corporate Spying: “In Houston, combating industrial espionage appears to be a growth industry, at least as gauged by private investigator Bobby L. Newman, who said the number of such cases he has handled has doubled in the past two or three years. There is no doubt the corporate spies are out there and they have a host of gadgets and strategies available to them.”
• Security Management Magazine- Bob Adams (President of San Felipe Oil & Gas) stated, “Unfortunately, swindlers happen and when they do everyone suffers, including the honest people in the oil and gas industry…. We used the services of Rob Kimmons’ Agency to conduct a due diligence investigation and locate hidden assets and they did a marvelous job.”
• Houston Post- “Many Houston cops say they’d love to work for Bobby Newman, who built his investigative business into a multi-million dollar business. The work of Newman’s undercover operatives has led to drug arrests at several area companies, including Champion International Corp., Houston’s Exxon Co. USA and Hughes Tool.”
• Houston Business Journal- Article Title: Investigator Exposes Hidden Assets: “Companies and individuals can avoid major losses by tracking down the assets of debtors through public records. Rob Kimmons Firm is one of a new breed of information service companies that use over 350 sources of public information that’s available on the state and county level to locate assets of corporations and individuals who profess to be broke.”
• Houston Chronicle- “An elaborate scheme that allegedly enabled two officials of a Saudi Arabian agency in Houston to embezzle millions of dollars was fueled by greed, an extraordinary lack of accountability and seemingly endless supply of money from the desert kingdom. Bobby Newman launched an extensive investigation. His agents located about $900,000 in missing money…”
• Association of Water Board Directors Journal- (Article written by Rob Kimmons) “Awareness, education and diligence are all key factors in the fight against terrorism. …Texas law enforcement is taking the threat very seriously. There is a joint effort, led by The Department of Public Safety, to coordinate the efforts of all state, local and federal agencies and unite them in the fight against terrorism. However, law enforcement cannot do this alone. All of us in the business and private sectors also must do our part to protect ourselves and those around us.”
• Houston Post- Article Title: Investigator says he told DPS of roads allegations: “Bobby Newman says his investigators caught employees shorting on the amount of material to be delivered to various construction projects. Newman said he took the results of his investigation to Harris County Commissioners Office.”
• Houston Business Journal- Article Title: Databases Help Private Investigators: “Rob Kimmons has built a business, not just as a private investigator, but also by tracking facts from public records using his vast collection of databases….. Rob’s company has garnered national attention, brining in such clients as billionaire Donald Trump, who hired Kimmons to investigate his wife’s private investigator, and ABC’s 20/20, which paid him to locate Texas assets tied to former PhilippinePresident Ferdinand Marcos.”
• Houston Chronicle- Article Title: Undercover drug ‘stings’ gaining in business world. “Newman’s Agency infiltrated a Houston are paper mill, Champion International Corp., for nine months this year. The undercover operation resulted in the recent firings of at least 20 employees and the arrest of one for selling a pound of cocaine”
• Houston Chronicle- Article Title: The New Guy Could Be a Spy: “When you shake hands with a new employee, don’t assume he’s just another friendly face. More companies are hiring private investigators when they suspect that’s a theft or a drug ring operating on company time. The spy, posing as an employee, tries to get the scoop by working side by side with employees and hanging out with them after work at bars and the softball field. Rob Kimmons investigative Firm places undercover operatives in companies to uncover illegal activity in the workplace.”
• Houston Chronicle- Article Title: Drug Sting sparks mass firing at mill: Bobby “Newman stated Champion hired his firm early in the year to run the undercover operation after receiving numerous employee complaints about drug use by fellow employees.”
• The Oklahoman- Article Title: Houston Firm Examining Asset Claims in Oklahoma: “Rob Kimmons said a recently completed background check of one small company found substantial undisclosed assets and substantial undisclosed lawsuits.”
