Love day boon for spies tracking infidelity
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-02-14 07:02

"Any man who is cheating has to buy his mistress a gift, there's no way he can get around that if he wants to stay in her good graces and in her bed."

She said men or women who suspect their partners need to be extra alert on Valentine's Day and look for credit card receipts, new jewelry or lingerie, and unusual appointments so as to nail their partners.

"If she's wearing a red lace bra and panties don't believe it if she says her girlfriend bought them for her," she advised. "And if he shows up wearing a Rolex, the guys down at the sports bar did not take up a collection to buy it for him."

Jeanine Davis, 41, said she nabbed her husband with another woman on Valentine's Day last year after hiring a private eye to track him down that evening.

"They followed him and found him having dinner with her at a restaurant and then they took pictures of them kissing in the parking lot and he spent the night at her place," Davis, who is in the process of getting a divorce, told AFP.

Private Detectives of America's Delorenzo said he was working on about 50 infidelity cases this year. He charges between 500 and 1,000 dollars to confirm to a client whether a spouse is cheating and 650 dollars for five hours of surveillance.

One spouse who may be in for a Valentine's Day surprise this year is a Michigan man whose wife spotted an email confirming his hotel reservation for Tuesday, when he was supposed to be undergoing a special training session at work.

"The job is booked and he'll be under surveillance Valentine's Day," Dank said.