Lone Pine Investigations
MAY 2010 NEWSLETTER
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Is Your Copier A Security Risk?
Your Copier Has A Hard Drive
Where will your Company or Personal information end up?
Do you lease your copier? Did you know that most copiers which have been manufactured since 2002 have a hard drive?
If you are like us, we never really thought about it. Recently we received a link to a CBS Investigative News Story which alerted us to the fact that your copier is a possible security risk.
Do to the increase in identity theft and the possible ramifications to you personally or professionally, we felt that this important information was something we needed to pass on to our clients and friends immediately.
We encourage you to pass this information on to others.
Please click on the link below to view the CBS Investigative News Story.
http://www.wimp.com/copymachines/
Ask your copier sales representative about this issue and how to protect yourself or your business when you exchange your copier for an upgrade or if you are just going to resell your copier.
Elderly Exploitation
Another new web page which Lone Pine Investigation has recently added is in regards to Elderly Exploitation, http://lonepineinvestigations.com/ExploitationoftheElderly.aspx.
According to estimates on a study performed in 2009 by MetLife Mature Market Institute, which I received from the National Center on Elder Abuse, “It is estimated that elders throughout the United States lose a minimum of $2.6 Billion annually due to elder financial abuse and exploitation”.
The National Center on Elder Abuse also estimates that only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse is reported and that only 1 in 25 cases of elderly exploitation is reported.
These numbers are staggering and preventable. While you may think that these incidents only happen to the very elderly, you would be surprised. We would deem that most of these exploitations are against single individuals who may be just looking for a little companionship. However, perpetrators will also target couples, but not as often as a single individual.
ABC’s 20/20 recently aired a story in December, 2009, depicting just how these confidence artists operate. This story involved an elderly woman in Dallas and her battle for her house at 4949 Swiss Avenue. The story is titled “Mary Ellen’s Mansion”. If you will visit our web link above, at the bottom of the page is a short YouTube Video link of the 20/20 show and the special investigative series article written by Lee Hancock of the Dallas Morning News and the ongoing fight for Mary Ellen Bendtsen’s house at 4949 Swiss Avenue.
This story is beneficial to everyone! Please take a few minutes to read the warning signs listed on our web site. Or to just view the video, please click on the link below.
If you are concerned about someone you know that may be experiencing similar actions being perpetrated against them, please give us a call.
Ms. Hancock's article on "The Battle for 4949 Swiss Avenue" was featured on ABC's 20/20 on December 11, 2009, "Mary Ellen's Mansion: Friendly Care - or Con?" with John Quinones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icWJO4kfu0U
ASHLEY RENEE BLACK KRAJCA
In a past newsletter, I included often used quotes by my late father and my late step-daughter, Ashley Renee Black Krajca. I did not realize at the time when I included Ashley's quote on our newsletter that it would trigger so many inquiries to our website regarding Ashley.
Tragically, Ashley Renee Black Krajca died on July 30, 2009. Ashley, her husband Justin and friends were crossing a street in Miami when Ashley was struck and killed by a pickup truck.
Ashley and her husband Dr. Justin Krajca were living in Miami where Justin is currently fulfilling his residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Ashley had enrolled at the University of Miami to pursue a second degree in Marine Biology and was selected into the South Florida Student Shark Program and had made numerous trips into the Florida Keys catching, tagging and researching sharks, her passion in life. The weekend before her death she fulfilled a life's dream of hers by participating in the filming of The Animal Planet's new show "Wild Recon". The episode with Ashley and her friends from the South Florida Student Shark Program originally aired on March 9, 2010.
Chances are if you are inquiring, you saw the show and that would thrill Ashley. Her goal in life was for people to become informed about the plight of sharks and the fact that they are being killed by the millions just for shark fin soup which chefs have to add chicken stock to the recipe to give it flavor. Another little known fact is how the fins are harvested. After the fins are cut off the live sharks, the sharks are thrown back live into the sea to drown. Also high levels of mercury are being found in sharks as you saw on "Wild Recon". Ashley would ask that you help spread the word about the useless slaughter of millions of sharks each year.
In Ashley's memory, thank you for your inquiries.
Contact Information
Claire Cooper Black Cell: (214) 632-9822
VP/Investigator Phone: (936) 636-2771 
136 FM 231 Fax: (936) 636-2770
Lovelady, Texas 75851
LonePineInvestigations@hotmail.com http://www.LonePineInvestigations.com
Roger H. Erwin and Carolyn Erwin
Investigators Cell: (936) 204-2896
Texas Department of Safety – Private Security Bureau
License #A12025
Member Texas Association of Licensed Investigators
Member of Texas Process Servers Association
Thank you for taking the time to review our Newsletter. Please give us a call if you have any questions regarding our services, pricing or if we may be of assistance to you. Feel free to invite others to view our Newsletter. Thank you.
Respectfully,
Claire Cooper Black
Co-owner/VP
Investigator
Lone Pine Investigations