By Edmund Pankau
EDMUND J. PANKAU, rated one of the nation's top 10 private investigators, is a world-renowned professional speaker and author of numerous articles and several award winning books on privacy and investigation. His published books include Check It Out: Everyone's Guide to Investigation (Contemporary, 1992), How to Make $100,000 a Year as a Private Investigator (Paladin, 1993) and The P.I. Portfolio (Inphomation, 1994). He is the associate editor of PI Magazine and a contributing writer to International Living and many financial and investigative trade journals and magazines. His experiences and cases have been featured in such publications as Time, BusinessWeek, People, USA Today and the New York Times. He has appeared as a guest on radio and TV on ABC 20/20, Larry King Live, BBC London, Geraldo Rivera, CNBC Moneyline and America's Most Wanted as an authority on privacy issues. Ed is a graduate of Florida State University and is the director of Pankau Consulting, an investigative agency headquartered in Houston, Texas. If you really want to find him, it has been rumored that he was last sighted on the island of Roatan off the coast of Honduras. (P.S. Try to find him at Hideyourassets.com.)
