Meet Aidan Settman
Aidan Settman is a civil investigator specializing in major case and complex fraud investigations. He helps attorneys and special investigation units make sense of messy information, identify investigative red flags, and develop clear, evidence-based findings for legal and claims decisions. His work often involves witness interviewing, timeline/event reconstruction, and scene investigation.
He is a licensed private investigator in Kentucky. Currently, he is finishing his doctoral thesis in criminology at the University of Kent.
contact@aidansettman.com
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Meet Aidan Settman
Aidan Settman is a civil investigator specializing in major case and complex fraud investigations. He helps attorneys and special investigation units make sense of messy information, identify investigative red flags, and develop clear, evidence-based findings for legal and claims decisions. His work often involves witness interviewing, timeline/event reconstruction, and scene investigation.
He is a licensed private investigator in Kentucky. Currently, he is finishing his doctoral thesis in criminology at the University of Kent.
contact@aidansettman.com
In the News
A UNCA researcher raised concerns about research misconduct. Then he lost his job.
UNC-Asheville whistleblower suit alleges improper COVID research, grant use
UNC-Asheville whistleblower complaint explored
Questions surround journal used by UNC Asheville center to justify health grant
How an NC academic publisher ended up under FTC sanction
UNC System official published federally funded paper in scrutinized journal
UNC Asheville names new director of health center amid whistleblower suit
Investigating UNC System Academic Journals