An investigator who never stopped being a student.
I split my time between casework and the questions behind it: why crime happens, how institutions respond, and where the evidence actually leads.
I came to this work along two roads that turned out to be one. The first was operational: learning how to verify a claim, trace a payment, and interview a person so that what they tell you can be tested rather than simply believed. The second was academic · degrees in criminal justice, years of reading, and a stubborn curiosity about why systems succeed or fail.
Today I work as a private investigator based in Mexico City, mostly on financial crime, due diligence, and asset tracing for law firms, insurers, and businesses. Since 2019 I’ve handled more than 250 matters, many of them cross-border, in Arabic, English, and Spanish. When a case calls for it, I work alongside attorneys, forensic accountants, and digital-evidence specialists, and I write reports meant to survive a courtroom, a boardroom, or a claim file.
The rest of my time goes to research and writing. I’ve presented at criminal-justice conferences and I publish regularly on policing, organized crime, corrections, and the law · often the same questions my casework raises, examined more slowly. It keeps me honest: method, limits, and evidence, whether the audience is a client or a reader. My research profile and publications live on ResearchGate.
“Two things have stayed constant: I follow evidence wherever it goes, and I try to understand why people do what they do. One pays the bills. The other fills my notebooks.”
Training, degrees & standing
Licensed to practise as a professional in Public Security in Mexico — Professional License No. 14357746 (SEP), issued with effects of patent for professional practice — and registered with the tax authority (SAT). This is the legal basis for my work, including lawful investigation support and private-investigation reporting, carried out within the limits of Mexican law. Full credentials verifiable on request.
Where I work, and how I show up
I work in Arabic, English, and Spanish, and read French, Italian, and Portuguese well enough to follow a document. That range matters in cross-border matters, where the difference between a good and a useless report is often a mistranslated clause or a name transliterated three different ways.
Outside the office I’m a distance runner · marathons and trail races at altitude · a traveler across Mexico and beyond, and a steady reader, from Octavio Paz to Hölderlin. I serve as board president of Oax Sport, a nonprofit (a U.S. 501(c)(3) and Mexican A.C.) that backs young athletes from Oaxaca’s underserved communities with coaching, training, and competition support. Most weeks I split between Mexico City, where the casework is, and Oaxaca, where I train and call home. The discipline a marathon build or a long trail run demands is the one a careful case needs: preparation, patience, and finishing what you start.
“Fahad is a results-focused investigator and international partner. Since 2020, his ethics, expertise, and strategic insight have helped us solve complex fraud cases across Latin America.”
“Fahad and I have collaborated on fraud prevention in the Mexican banking sector. His work delivers reliable results and protects clients from high-cost risks.”
“Excellent service. Fahad is a highly recommendable professional.”
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