PI News Round-up - April 16, 2010

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April 16, 2010

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PIs Help Break Up Dog Fighting Ring
MOUNT OLIVE, NC – PIs from the state of Georgia helped local authorities raid an alleged North Carolina dog fighting ring. About 35 dogs were rescued as a result of the raid, which was a collaboration between the PI firm Norred & Associates and the Duplin County Sheriff's Department.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Reflector, April 13, 2010

PInow.com Feature Article

6 Tips for PIs Seeking to Offer Pre-Employment Screening

If you're looking to diversify your services as an investigator, pre-employment screening is one element you should be able to integrate into your business with relative ease. Private investigators are already highly skilled at gathering background information on subjects, which gives them an advantageous head-start when it comes to pre-employment background checks.

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Privacy Groups Want Crackdown on Marketing Surveillance
NEW YORK, NY - The Center for Digital Democracy, the World Privacy Forum, and U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Groups) – want the FTC to investigate ad networks. The privacy groups allege that these networks profile Americans and capture too much private data about Internet users from both online and offline sources.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Wired Magazine, April 9, 2010

PIs Uncover Fake Washing Powder Plot
LONDON, ENGLAND - Richard Brayford is accused of creating a plot to sell fake and essentially useless washing powder in Britain at inflated prices. Brayford allegedly purchased the powder and planned to sell it in fake Persil boxes. Persil is a popular washing powder brand in Britain. Unilever, who owns the Persil brand, received a tip about the alleged con operation and hired PIs to investigate.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Mail Online, April 13, 2010

PI Gets Prison Time
MERCER, OH – Former PI Clifford Aley is receiving additional prison time after already serving time for misleading police. Aley is currently in jail for giving police incorrect and misleading information about Sandra Kay Hill, a woman who went missing in 2000. Now, Aley has been given an additional 39 months in jail for weapons offenses. In 2006, his sentence was also extended after he made threats to jail guards.
	Read full article and comment	Source: WFMJ, April 13, 2010

PI Feature Video

WIC Overview by PInow.com

Around 600 investigators gathered in Dallas, Texas, for the second World Investigators Conference (WIC). The team from http://www.pinow.com was on hand to interview the attendees and find out what they were up to during the conference.

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