Page 16 - NCISS Your Advocate April-Spring 2022

Association News, Member News and News for Members

NCISS News – To Members and From Members

Supreme Court Nomination Process Calls Attention To Role Of Background Checks When Hiring Workers
(Edward Ajaeb – Nighthawk Strategies – Washington DC)
Check out his interview in Forbes regarding the importance of background checks and due diligence investigations.
Thorough background screening and due diligence are the keys to avoiding business or legal peril. It's not just about the
axe murderers; companies and legal teams of all sizes have been caught off-guard by scammers, non-credible witnesses,
and reputational red flags. Bottom line: don't be left in the dark.

From Forbes: "Licensed private investigator Edward J. Ajaeb is president of Nighthawk Strategies, and an expert in
background investigations, public records, and online/social media intelligence. Ajaeb explains, 'Background
investigations help individuals and companies make informed decisions when it comes to their personal and business
matters. … Background investigations can help prevent a crisis by flagging individuals who may pose a risk to the
company because of past illegal behaviors, whether theft, violence, fraud, or other crimes which suggest poor judgment
or moral turpitude. … The risk is not just about preventing physical harm; failing to properly screen employees can make
companies vulnerable to lawsuits, internal theft, regulatory investigations and sanctions, or even bankruptcy.' "
www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2022/02/17/supreme-court-nomination-process-calls-attention-to-role-of---
background-checks-when-hiring-workers/?sh=2262d33257a8

Louisiana Governor Edwards Announces Boards and Commissions Appointments
(Maria Landry – Investigation Research Group – LA / shared by Bob Heales)
Maria V. Landry of Lacombe has been appointed to the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners. Landry is
the managing director of Investigation Research Group LLC. She will represent the 1st Public Service Commission District.
Maria is filling the vacancy left by the passing of her husband, Kenny.
https://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/newsroom/detail/3493

Bad Actors in Our Professions – and Bad Reporting
(Lisa Turley – NCISS President)
For your review are two articles brought to my attention. These are examples of our individual and collective actions and
ethics. Each of us play a role in showing the importance of how actions will be used to exclude or include all of us from
access to information. In these two cases legislators in Washington DC have asked our lobbyist – LobbyIt – to meet with
NCISS to seek clarity of truth and understanding.

Someone Scraped Massive Bank of Personal Data Used by Private Investigators
www.vice.com/en/article/pkp3ev/transunion-tlo-scrape-private-investigators

Crook Sells Access to Data Tool Used by Private Investigators
www.vice.com/en/article/k7w7xz/crook-sells-access-transunion-tlo-private-investigators

NCISS has previously published several similar articles, including from the same source – VICE – who seems determined to
continue making a bad name and reputation of our profession. As an example, they have previously falsely reported
states make millions selling private DMV records to private investigators. In fact, the federal and state DPPA restrict this
information to specific purposes, including for private investigators – who account for less than 5% of any revenue. It
should also be noted, VICE obtains these story leads from various social media posts they monitor – including on closed
groups they have infiltrated. Please refer to previous issues of Your Advocate for these articles, and send any you find to
president@nciss.org.

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