08-14-2017, 01:02 AM
In January, 1997, a man identifying himself as John Ramsey called McGucken Hardware in Boulder and asked for information on charges that were put on Patsy’s charge card. He later sent a letter requesting that information and signed it John Ramsey.
That information reached the police and media and went viral - was John checking on Patsy's purchases to prove she had bought the cord and tape?
Well, the answer is no. The requests were made by James and Regina Rapp, later described as "information brokers".
Rapp had been convicted for car theft, violated parole and served time for that. Colorado has no licensing laws for private investigators so Rapp figured he could use his past experiences and lessons to be a private investigator, to research and sell people's personal information.
The Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct has rules that govern lawyers in Colorado and those rules prohibit a lawyer and his employees or agents, from using theft, fraud, deception or misrepresentation.
But Rapp wasn't a lawyer and he wasn't working for one.
He had a couple different business names - TouchTone Investigations, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and Phantom Investigations.
That information reached the police and media and went viral - was John checking on Patsy's purchases to prove she had bought the cord and tape?
Well, the answer is no. The requests were made by James and Regina Rapp, later described as "information brokers".
Rapp had been convicted for car theft, violated parole and served time for that. Colorado has no licensing laws for private investigators so Rapp figured he could use his past experiences and lessons to be a private investigator, to research and sell people's personal information.
The Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct has rules that govern lawyers in Colorado and those rules prohibit a lawyer and his employees or agents, from using theft, fraud, deception or misrepresentation.
But Rapp wasn't a lawyer and he wasn't working for one.
He had a couple different business names - TouchTone Investigations, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and Phantom Investigations.