Famed private eye dies

Ernie Rizzo, private eye, had a nose for publicity.

He was hired to poke into some of the great criminal dramas of the last 30 years, including the disappearance of candy heiress Helen Brach.

Cases of lesser intrigue, primarily snooping into the love lives of the unhappily married, were equally important to his practice. Mr. Rizzo made no secret about his use of false identities and his extensive knowledge of electronic eavesdropping, always with a glint in his eye that made it all seem like great fun.

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Fabolous Hires P.I. To Investigate Shooting

Fabolous reportedly hired private investigators to inspect the details of a recent robbery/shooting outside a Chelsea-area eatery, where NBA star Sebastian Telfair was robbed of a $50,000 gold chain and the rapper was shot in the leg.

Fabolous’ attorney Alberto Ebanks said he hired private detectives primarily to clear himself of weapons-possession charges he and three associated are facing, after police found two illegal guns in his car.

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Avoiding Hiring Employees that are Going to Cost you Money

The statistics are nothing short of daunting. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, employee fraud cost the country more than $600 billion in 2003 alone.

According to the Department of Commerce, one third of all workers steal from their employers. The same findings suggested that 68.6% of employees who steal do not have criminal records. According to the US Department of Commerce, more than 30% of all business failures can be attributed to bad hiring practices.

There is obviously a big problem when it comes to hiring. It is extremely difficult to separate the honest and effective employees from those potential employees who will end up driving your business into the ground. That’s not all: most employers agree that hiring time is a time of extreme stress, which just adds to the possibility of hiring mistakes. Most employers begin their employee search when they are short-handed and short on time, meaning that the resources needed to make careful decisions are simply not there. Most employers want to hire fast, which sometimes means just cursory looks at potential worker applications. Combine that with the fact that according to Security Management Magazine, anywhere between 30% to a whopping 80% of resumes contain lies and you have the potential for real trouble. It is simply very difficult to decide who the best candidate in this environment is.

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Business Travel Safety - Must-know Tips for Leaving the Country

Tips one should consider while both preparing for business travel, as well as during the business trip itself.

Business travel is a fact of life for many professionals. According to the Domestic Travel Market Report, business travel accounts for up to 18% of this country’s domestic personal trips. More than 210 million business trips are taken each year in the US. However, with the increased concerns about air traffic safety and terrorist activity, many professionals are taking a more critical view of their professional travel experiences. This stems largely from the fact that professionals seem more vulnerable to threats of mugging, carjacking, explosives, biological agents, blackmail, kidnap, and even murder while traveling. When on business, though, many professionals do not have the resources and comfort level enjoyed at home and some of the world’s top business destinations have frightening crime rates and terrible records of violence against foreign professionals.

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Are Employees Using These Sneaky Tactics to Defraud Your Business?

Employees embezzle many millions of dollars from their employees each year. All businesses need to be aware of the most common worker scams.

In 2004, Lucy Magda pleaded guilty to stealing more than $2.2 million from her previous employer, the St. Catharines Standard. The Burgoyne family, who owned the newspaper, was forced to sell the newspaper to Southam Newspapers in 1996, a move that some experts claim was brought about by Magda’s dishonesty. In 2006, a business manager of the N.C. Press Association pleaded guilty to embezzling $268,340 from his former employer. In 2006, an employee of Brock Cabinets was sentenced for five to seven years in prison after she was found guilty of embezzling $1.5 million from the company that hired her.

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Could High Tech Devices In The Office Leave Companies Open to Crime?

Today’s multi-use office machines often act as small computers, storing sensitive office data and even making it accessible to hackers and other criminals. Most companies are not even aware of the danger.

Imagine this: A busy company executive photocopies a sensitive document and faxes it to a client. Both the client and executive take care to keep the document well hidden and destroy their only copies. The document is leaked out to the press a day later, putting an important deal in jeopardy. Sadly, this is not the plot of some thriller. It is a situation that occurs in offices across the country. Virtually every modern office may be facing the same danger.

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RFP: Background Investigative Services for the Chicago Transit Authority

SUBJECT:
RFP: Background Investigative Services for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)

SUMMARY:
Please visit the link under “full details” for a summary of the services. You may also contact Michael Rose at (312) 681-2444 or via e-mail at mrose@transitchicago.com for further information.

DUE DATE:
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Panama City Florida Investigator

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L. Lance & Associates, LLC. provides investigative services throughout Bay County, Florida.

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San Juan Capistrano CA Private Investigators

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest investigator in San Juan Capistrano California.

Benchmark Investigations provides investigative services throughout California and nationwide. Benchmark Investigations is a full service investigative agency serving attorneys, corporations, insurance firms, and financial institutions. Our extensive experience and cutting edge technology provides the foundation for winning strategies.

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Fredericksburg Virginia Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Fredericksburg Virginia.

Kincer, Anderson & Associates, LLC provides professional and confidential investigative services to private individuals, law firms, and small businesses in Virginia.

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Lawrenceville Georgia Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest investigator in Lawrenceville Georgia.

Martinelli Investigations, Inc. offers a variety of different investigation services and service of process throughout the state of Georgia.

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Kansas City Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Kansas City Missouri.

C&A Investigations offers a variety of different investigation services in Jackson County, MO. C&A Investigations has over 30 years of investigative experience; including criminal and fraud investigations. They have over 24 years of experience in personal injury cases; including railroad crossing and railroad employee injury cases.

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Chester VA Private Investigator

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I.S.I.S.-International Security Investigative Services provides a variety of investigation services in Fredericksburg and Chesterfield County, Virginia.

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Phenix City Alabama Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest member to Alabama.

Spec Ops Protection provides a variety of investigation services in Lee and Russell County, AL. Spec Ops Protection was founded in 1997. The staff of Spec Ops consist of a variety of skilled operators, all with proven track records. The type of experience that Spec Ops pulls from comes from military, public safety, intellegence and private sector areas.

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