Nickolas Montano, jr. admits he's not Richard Grieco but his job as a private investigator parallels the popular television actor who portrays Dennis Booker on "Booker."

"I know I drive a nicer car than Booker," says Montano, who operates a sleek black BMW. "Booker just drives a motorcycle and a beat up looking car."

Grieco, formerly of "21 Jump Street" fame, plays a rebel cop turned private investigator for the fictional Teshima corp. Montano, like Booker, has worked for Japanese corporations but his job is not limited to one company or just investigating insurance fraud.

"Insurance fraud is big business," says the 35-year-old Montano. "I was working on a case where I think the husband might have murdered his wife for the huge insurance policy. People really do these things. What you see on 'Booker' could possibly happen in real life."

Montano says 20 per cent of his clients are Japanese or Japanese Americans. "Right now I'm working on a big case involving a Japanese construction company," he says without revealing any details. "I have worked for many Fortune 500 companies and Japanese firms that want to investigate their big business transactions. I get paid a lot of money to do this kind of work. They want to find out if the deal is legitimate.

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