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  • September 2008

    • Denim Detective Unzips Fake Jeans Biz

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 6, 08 5:06 PM CDT

      Denim Detective Unzips Fake Jeans Biz

      (Newser) - Chris Johnson likes collecting women's jeans, but he doesn't wear them—he's one of hundreds of fashion detectives hired by designers to spot knockoffs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Johnson trolls stores and Internet sites for clients like True Religion who want to put counterfeiters out of business. The fakes "hurt the brand integrity and deter people from purchasing the product," said a True Religion rep. More »

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      business  • knockoff  • private investigator  • jeans  • counterfeiters  • apparel

  • May 2008

    • Hollywood Private Eye Found Guilty

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 15, 08 4:17 PM CDT

      Hollywood Private Eye Found Guilty

      (Newser) - Celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano was found guilty today of 76 of the 77 charges he faced, including racketeering, wire fraud, and illegal wiretapping, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pellicano, 64, could face a life sentence after prosecutors won conviction on charges he illegally threatened and placed several prominent celebrities under surveillance at the behest of his clients. More »

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      celebrity  • Hollywood  • corruption  • racketeering  • Anthony Pellicano  • private investigator

  • August 2007

    • Dunne Wanted Daughter's Murderer Killed

      Slate  |  Aug 30, 07 11:00 AM CDT

      Dunne Wanted Daughter's Murderer Killed

      (Newser) - Crime writer Dominick Dunne asked Anthony Pellicano to put out a contract on his daughter’s killer’s life—and relented only when the private investigator talked him down. Dunne hired the now-incarcerated Pellicano to follow John Thomas Sweeney in the mid-1980s; the Vanity Fair writer now tells Slate he wanted the murderer murdered. “I was nuts at that time with rage,” he says. More »

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      murder  • Vanity Fair  • Anthony Pellicano  • private investigator  • Dominick Dunne

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