J. Patrick Altes has been a Florida State-licensed private investigator for over 25 years, and has been largely involved in the automobile recovery industry since 1973. He is considered one of the few International recovery specialists, and has supervised over 1,000 auto recovery accounts outside the United States, including recovery accounts in Mexico, The Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Korea, former Czech Republic, Panama, Guam, Samoa, Scotland, the Philippines, and elsewhere.

His clients include most of America's largest auto-lending creditors. As a private investigator, he works for several national and international entities, as well as providing investigative and research assistance for CBS TV's "48 Hours".

J. Patrick Altes is the owner of Falcon International, one of the nation’s oldest and largest independently-owned repossession agencies. He also works with Time Finance Adjusters, one of the three major trade associations for the repossession industry.

He has been featured on The Discovery Channel, USA Today, Fox Business News TV, MSNBC News, SubPrime News, Automotive News, the Daytona Beach News Journal, Professional Repossessor Magazine, and others. He can be contacted at Patrick@falconrepo.com

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Member:
World Association of Detectives
Time Finance Adjusters (Board of Directors since 1992)
National Finance Adjusters
American Recovery Association
Association of Christian Investigations
National Association of Fraud Investigators
United Recovery Alliance
Florida Association of Licensed Recovery Agents (former Board of Directors) now FLACARS

Author (Recovery Industry):
Professional Repossessor Magazine (articles published 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003)
TimeLine News (Publication of Time Finance Adjusters (1992-present)
TowTimes Magazine (2008, 2009)
Manhunt, The Book

Television:
“The Repossessors” The Discovery Channel 2003-2004

Speaking Engagements:
Repossession Risk Management Seminar, Dallas, Texas November 2003 (promoted by United Recovery Alliance)
Time Finance Adjusters Conference: guest speaker at annual conventions, 1997-present
Prime Safety Seminar, Dallas, Texas; March 2003 (promoted by Prime Inc. Insurance Company)
Manhunt Skiptracing Seminar

Other:
Consulted with U.S. State Department, Washington D.C. in 1997 to help develop strategy for recovery of impounded vehicles from Republic of Mexico.

Developed strategy for recovery, remarketing and/or reshipment of POV’s associated with US SOUTHCOMM, Republic of Panama, 1996-2000.

National Finance Adjusters “Member of the Year” 1997-1998
Appointed Expert Witness, Superior Court of California 2004




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