Having grown up on the tough streets of the South Bronx in NYC , Ed learned at an early age how to navigate between both sides of the law. He negotiated his way from street gangs to the college campus. Earning his degree and certification in Paralegal Studies on the CSI campus in Staten Island New York.. Ed has led a very colorful life, running with the bulls in Pamplona Spain, competing in marathons and participating in may political causes both as a political activist and street protestor and mainstream campaign fundraiser. A successful businessman in many fields Ed has owned and operated a Manhattan nightclub as well as a telecommunications company. .
Ed has worked in the investigations field since the early 1980s first as an information broker and later in counter electronic surveillance. Working for the defense with some of NYCs top law firms and private investigators in many high profile organized crime cases. Later he teamed up with 2 retired NYPD Detectives to do employment and background screening Investigations.
In 1997 using his experience in telecommunications Ed began to investigate and trace emails back to the sender. He was able to use these techniques to locate and identify an organized group of Usenet cyber stalkers that were at the core of a 60 million dollar defamation lawsuit. At the time this type of investigation was unheard of. But Ed developed many techniques that are now considered to be the standard methods used by FBI and DHS in email tracing investigations. More recently Ed Opperman Investigations Inc and EmailRevealer.com were enlisted by Howard Stern's "Howard 100 News" dept to identify the sender of a false and defamatory email sent to thwart the appointment of a candidate in Greenwich Conn .
He used these email tracing techniques to invent a method of Internet infidelity investigation to trace a persons email address to online dating personal ads, dating sites, social networks, porn site, cam site and escort site memberships. Opperman Investigations Inc is the inventor and sole provider of this service worldwide.
In 2003 Ed teamed up with the 'founding fathers' of Cell Phone Forensics and digital data recovery. These men were fresh from the fields of Afghanastan hot on the heels of international terrorists. At the time this was a technology that was extremely cutting edge. Ed soon made a name for himself in this area and has become the leading provider of this type of Digital Forensic Investigation.
Ed and Emailrevealer.com have been chosen to examine the cell phones in the Tiger Woods infidelity investigation . His services have been used to investigate allegations of infidelity launched against Aston Kutcher and Todd and Sarah Palin as well as many other high profile clients.
Some of the cases he has consulted on:
A prolific writer and speaker, Ed has authored over 500 published articles on the private investigation field as well as the book "Learn How To Become a Private Investigator: Volume 1". He also hosts many lectures and training seminars in investigative techniques.
Cases he has worked have been reported on CNN, Fox News, TodayShow.com, MSNBC.com, TMZ, Radar Online, Dr Drew Lifechangers, National Enquirier, Howard 100 News, Star, New York Post, New York Daily News ,People Magazine, Greenwich Times.
Today EmailRevealer.com and Opperman Investigations Inc serve literally thousands of clients each year in countries all over the globe.
Cases he has worked have been reported on CNN, Fox News, TodayShow.com, MSNBC.com, TMZ, Radar Online, Dr Drew Lifechangers, National Enquirier, Howard 100 News, Star, New York Post, New York Daily News ,People Magazine, Greenwich Times.
Today EmailRevealer.com and Opperman Investigations Inc serve literally thousands of clients each year in countries all over the globe.