Long Beach, California · Domestic & international
Investigations and technical countermeasures, led by a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent.
We investigate fraud, support litigation, examine digital evidence and find surveillance devices for law firms, Fortune 500 companies, title and insurance carriers and private clients. When the threat is a drone over your property, we don't just detect it. We find the pilot.
Organizations that have trusted Delta 7 with investigative, forensic and security matters
The firm
Federal-agency methodology, applied to private matters.
Delta 7 was founded by Emmanuel Ladsous after a 24-year FBI career as a Supervisory Special Agent. The firm's examiners and investigators are former FBI personnel, including operational technology specialists, and technical operators from the intelligence community.
Our work is deliberately focused: fraud investigations and fact-finding that hold up in litigation, forensic examination of devices and vehicles, the detection of surveillance equipment used against businesses and individuals, and the design of the electronic security that keeps them protected. Drones are the newest addition to that threat picture, and our Drone Intrusion Investigations service answers it. Every engagement is handled directly by senior personnel and closes with a formal investigative report.
Meet our professionals →Services
Investigations & Litigation Support
Fraud investigations, witness locates and interviews, asset searches, threat assessments and formal investigative reports. For law firms, title and insurance companies, corporations and private clients.
Learn more →Background & Due Diligence
Investigator-reviewed background reports drawn from multiple sources, for litigation parties, business transactions and personal safety.
Learn more →Drone Intrusion Investigations
Detection tells you a drone was there. We tell you who sent it. Passive Remote ID detection, launch-point response, operator identification and a litigation-grade report. Every drone has a pilot. We find them.
Learn more →TSCM / Electronic Sweeps
Detection of hidden microphones, cameras, GPS and Wi-Fi devices in offices, homes, vehicles and aircraft, by government-trained examiners.
Learn more →BLE Tracker Detection
Software-defined-radio detection of AirTags, SmartTags, Chipolo and similar trackers, including devices using MAC address randomization.
Learn more →Electronic Security Assessments, Design & Project Management
Assessment, design and project management of every electronic security measure for residences and businesses: cameras, access control, alarms, perimeter and network security.
Learn more →Digital Forensics
Mobile device, computer, vehicle, drone and NVR forensics conducted by a former FBI Master Computer Forensics Examiner and Cellebrite Master Instructor.
Learn more →Recent matters
Results, not activity.
Every engagement is confidential, so these are described only by outcome.
- Asset search
Located concealed real property and business interests to support judgment enforcement for a national title insurer.
- Witness locate
Found and interviewed key witnesses counsel had been unable to reach, in time for deposition.
- Real estate fraud
Uncovered the evidence behind a layered real estate fraud scheme: mapped the entities, reconciled bank and lease records, and documented the compensation trail for litigation.
- TSCM
Technical surveillance countermeasures sweeps of headquarters, boardrooms and executive offices for Fortune 200 companies.
- Threat assessment
Identified the person behind threats against a client, built the protective-intelligence profile, and put mitigation measures in place with counsel and the client's security team.
President & Founder · 24 years FBI
Emmanuel Ladsous
Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent who led national security and criminal investigations spanning terrorism, counterintelligence, organized crime, public corruption and financial crime. FBI/NSA-certified TSCM examiner and licensed California private investigator.
Director of Operations · 28 years FBI
Ric Swanson
Former FBI Technical Manager, Infrastructure Project Manager and Technical Instructor. Secure communications and technical infrastructure specialist, multi-certified in advanced technical surveillance countermeasures. Leads Delta 7's TSCM examinations and electronic security assessments, design and project management.
Digital Forensics · FBI 2004–2024
Nhan Nguyen, M.S.
Master Digital Forensic Examiner and Cellebrite Master Instructor. CFCE, CCME, MDFE, GASF, GCFE. Conducts mobile device, computer, vehicle, drone and NVR examinations for litigation.
Licenses & certifications
- California Private Investigator License No. 188424
- Technical Surveillance Countermeasures certifications, FBI and Interagency Training Center
- Licensed Mobile Live Scan Operator, California DOJ and FBI
- Registered with the California State Controller's Office, Unclaimed Property Division
- Members, Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI and FBI National Academy
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