The Daily Beast is out with a new article tonight that accused Jacob Wohl of operating a private investigation firm without a license and taking $1200 from a woman to help her find her stolen Hummer without actually providing any type of investigative service:
NEW with @arawnsley: Jacob Wohl's private investigation firm ghosted on a formerly homeless woman who hired Wohl after her truck was stolen https://t.co/HvCAYQiMfy
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) November 2, 2018
According to the article, the woman, who was formerly homeless, found Wohl’s firm, Surefire Intelligence, through Craig’s List and testimonials on Medium:
SUREFIRE INTELLIGENCE: So Jacob Wohl started a fake PI firm, put fake ads for it on Craigslist and fake reviews on Medium, then pocketed $1,200 from a women hoping it could help her get damages after her truck was stolen. https://t.co/5QYiSajxlp
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) November 2, 2018
At his Mueller presser on Thursday, Wohl briefly addressed Surefire Intelligence and said he doesn’t need a PI license to do the type of work he was doing. According to The Daily Beast, that may not be true:
At his presser yesterday, Wohl wouldn't say if he has a PI license. He later told us he doesn't do any work that requires it.
We got a copy of a Surefire Intelligence retainer agreement, and a PI industry expert tells us he almost certainly does need one https://t.co/HvCAYQiMfy
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) November 2, 2018
Wohl, through Surefire Intelligence, accused Daily Beast reporters Lachlan Markay and Amy Ransley of libel:
.@Lachlan and @Aransley wrote a libelous article about our firm this morning, claiming that we “ghosted” one of our clients who hired us to look into a truck that was stolen from her
— Surefire Intelligence (@SurefireIntel) November 2, 2018
Here’s Wohl’s explanation:
Here are the facts: Jullienne Adams hired us to look into her "stolen hummer". From the outset, our retainer agreement was clear that there were no guarantees. We looked into it and found that she had actually SOLD the hummer to this guy and was trying to rip him off. pic.twitter.com/f8dJJHX52w
— Surefire Intelligence (@SurefireIntel) November 2, 2018
And Wohl says they offered her a refund, plus 30%:
Nonetheless, we offered her full refund PLUS 30% because she was dissapointed.
Ms. Adams refused the refund and demanded that we pay her hush money, and then she contacted The Daily Beast.
— Surefire Intelligence (@SurefireIntel) November 2, 2018
Markay notes, however, that the retainer agreement was signed with a fake name:
This would be the retainer agreement that Jacob Wohl signed using the fake name Matthew Cohen https://t.co/50pwP8t933
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) November 2, 2018
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Related:
'SNAPPED'! Jacob Wohl tries dunking on model Chrissy Teigen (guess how that goes) https://t.co/oKiPpJh3yI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 2, 2018
'You have to WORK to get that done'! Jacob Wohl just pulled off a truly 'amazing' feat [screenshots] https://t.co/c97B6IHqys
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 1, 2018
'THIS IS TOO MUCH'! Jacob Wohl's colleague Jack Burkman reveals some, um, unfinished business [pic] https://t.co/SH4IdijkgM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 1, 2018
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