Firm Profile - Poseidon Private Investigations
Michael D. Hogue
Michael D. Hogue, CFE, is a seasoned Private Investigator licensed in the state of Texas. Mr. Hogue is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a distinguished designation among the private investigations, and forensic accounting industries. He is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI), and serves on TALI's Commendations Committee. He has also completed multiple certifications in investigative specialties, In 2001, Mr. Hogue received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently participating in an Executive MBA program with the University of Texas at Dallas, specializing in accounting.
For three years, Mr. Hogue was the Director of Investigations for the in-house Investigation Unit at the Law Offices of Bickel & Brewer in Dallas, Texas. As the Director of Investigations he was responsible for directing investigations for civil litigations and criminal matters, developing investigative strategies, and directing the affairs of the Investigation Unit. On a day-to-day basis Michael conducted high-level in-depth investigations of corporate fraud, trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement, and due diligence surveys for potential mergers and acquisitions. These investigations generally involved analyzing news articles, corporate filings and court pleadings, conducting background investigations, and conducting subject
interviews to ultimately find answers to difficult questions arising from complex civil litigation. Michael also coordinated efforts with hand writing experts, computer forensics experts, and other professionals.
Previous to Mr. Hogue's employment with Bickel & Brewer, he and his father, Dale V. Hogue combined forces to establish Hogue Investigative Services (HIS), a private investigations firm specializing in fraud investigations, and forensic accounting. During his career, Michael has worked on hundreds of cases involving white collar crimes, fraud, and infidelity. During one such case, he helped investigate a pyramid scheme involving $12 million in fraudulently acquired assets and recovered said assets.
 Dale V. Hogue
Dale V. Hogue, father to Michael D. Hogue, owns and operates Hogue Investigative Services (HIS) which conducts U.S. investigations for and in cooperation with Poseidon PI. Dale provides professional expertise in financial fraud, theft, embezzlement, surveillance, pre-employment screening, due diligence, merger and acquisitions, electronic surveillance, location of hidden assets, and industrial espionage. Dale created HIS soon after retiring as a 27-year veteran Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). While with the FBI, he had national and international cases and was stationed in New Orleans, Boston, Lubbock, Dallas and Ft. Worth.
Dale has experience in investigating an extensive range of matters including white-collar crime, corporate espionage, public corruption, civil rights,national security matters, kidnapping, and domestic terrorism. During his career, he was selected as case agent in some of the most complex investigations the bureau has seen. One of his personal favorite assignments was the investigation, prosecution and conviction of Don Dixon in the failure of Vernon Savings and Loan, the largest bank failure at the time with losses over $1.5 billion. The case resulted in over 25 convictions and 9 criminal trials. Mr. Hogue has lectured on numerous occasions at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and various International Police Agencies.
During his tenure with the FBI, Mr. Hogue completed a successful investigation of several national security matters. As a result, Mr. Hogue personally accepted the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for exceptional service. As well, Mr. Hogue was a Technical Trained Special Agent where he assisted Special Agents of the FBI and other law enforcement personnel in obtaining evidence through electronic investigative techniques resulting in the collection of evidence and the conviction of numerous individuals and corporations.
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