Ali Ammar of Orange Detective Agency false advertisement, unauthorized charges, breach of contract, unfair business practices, fraud Irvine California

On or about February 14, 2014, I contracted with Ali Ammar to locate a person, serve two people and a corporate person with a legal complaint, and file the related documents into the court.

When negotiating the contract, I made it very clear to Mr. Ammar that he was to provide me with concrete evidence as required by the court for proof. Mr. Ammar alleged to "have access to the same information that the police and FBI use to track down criminals and witnesses . . . [we] have access to DMV records, utility bills, cell phone records, and thousands of other sources. We can even track their cell phone's GPS so we know their exact location."

I relied on Mr. Ammar's promises to my detriment. Mr. Ammar did not complete the contract on the date that we had agreed upon and he did not give me any records to demonstrate the dates, times, and locations for the person who he allegedly could not serve. I became very skeptical of him.

Mr. Ammar sent me an email with a pdf attachment of a court filing that service was allegedly perfected upon one natural person and the corporate one. However, the attachment was later damaged and or destroyed. I could no longer access the pdf and it was no longer in the court docket.

 I contacted my credit card company--who advertises that their cardholders are never responsible for fraud--and one person said that it was fraud. The dispute was resolved in my favor. Mr. Ammar charged my credit card $300.00 because I had reported what was done to me. He also yelled at me over the phone saying that I was not to contact him and that he would continue to charge my credit card.

My credit card company had to issue me a new credit card because Mr. Ammar alleged that I owed him $300.00, which the credit card company said is the amount of the investigation cost. I had attempted to dispute the fraudulent $300.00 charge before it was completed, but for whatever reason, the credit card company said it had to post the charge to my account first.

When Mr. Ammar knew or inferred that I would be unable to respond, he submitted an affidavit that I allege is false. It alleges that I signed and agreed to California having exclusive jurisdiction over any claims that arise from his business. The notarized document, which he alleged was our contract, does not have a signature for me: it is left blank, and I had never seen the alleged contract until it was sent to me by the credit card company.

I would not have agreed to such a provision because I live in a state that is far from California and it would be an undue burden to pay for a flight, lodging and food for a small claim.

I tried to file a complaint with the Department of Consumer Affairs in Sacramento but Abby Boxwell--after I returned all of the information to her-- said that my complaint was too late.

I believed that I had done my due diligence when hiring Ali Ammar because he is a licensed private investigator but I wish I would have relied on ripoff report instead.

I now know it is nearly impossible to file a complaint, so I hope to save others time and money.

I was shocked at my credit card company too because I have been with the company for years and I have never had to file a single complaint, but they chose to believe Mr. Ammar --even though my signature appears nowhere on the notarized document and they have commercials and other advertisements stating that their cardholders are never responsible for fraud.