WildCard Investigations was founded by JP Merlano in November of 2003. Prior to opening WildCard, JP worked as a field investigator for three of the largest and most well known surveillance vendors in the United States. During this period, JP spent thousands of hours crisscrossing the state of Florida and the United States working cases for Corporate America’s large insurance companies and self insureds. You name them, JP has probably worked for them at one time or another, obtaining hours upon of hours of video depicting all sorts of claimant activity contradictory to their claim, giving depositions and testifying, doing whatever it took to get the job done.

JP is best known for locating anyone anywhere and his discreet mode of operation while out in the field. His unique investigative prowess and pretexting ability in being able to get the answers no one else could had his operations manager and associates referring to him as the “Wildcard” hence the fitting name for his investigative agency. JP made a national name for himself after tracking down a dancer at a local strip club in Downtown Miami, the video made headlines and was shown on MAURY POVICH and REAL TV.

Prior to his investigative career, JP studied for his Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice Administration in Miami Dade Community College where he completed endless hours of cooperative field work as a non certified intern for the Public Defenders Office 11th Judicial District in Dade County, FL. As a result of JP’s ongoing legal ambition, he began to work for the Law Offices of Jack Weiss as a law clerk. JP continued his studies at Florida International University pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science majoring on international & constitutional law. While putting himself through college, JP worked for the Florida Department of Corrections as a certified officer at Everglades C.I. and was awarded numerous commendations throughout his law enforcement career for having a keen eye to deter the flow of illicit drugs pouring into correctional institutions. JP excelled by completing the cross-over academy from corrections to basic law enforcement in Monroe County with the Sheriff’s Office. JP graduated in the top 2% in both corrections and police academy. During this transition in his life he elected to resign from his promising law enforcement profession and began a new chapter in the private investigations industry and has never looked back.

In order to be successful, one surrounds himself with successful people. JP has maintained close ties with his investigative associates over the years and has handpicked the best of the best as field investigators for WildCard. There are no “trainees” at WildCard. Every investigator is a seasoned investigator. They maintain at least a Florida “C” license and several have reached management level in their careers or maintained their own investigative agency. When JP decided to operate his own investigative agency in Florida, he decided he would operate only with the BEST field investigators Corporate America has to offer. You get what you pay for, WildCard’s Investigator’s are among the highest paid in the industry. In the words of JP “When everyone else fails, call WildCard, your winning hand.”