Paul Viollis CBS News Law Enforcement Analyst Hired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

CBS News has learned investigators hired by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have now turned over their findings to law enforcement. They are trying to find out how the National Enquirer obtained private photos and messages from Bezos, who claimed the tabloid was trying to blackmail him.

Paul Viollis CBS News law enforcement analyst thinks someone Lauren Sanchez confided in was the likely leaker. “If I was conducting the investigation, I would be starting it with Miss Sanchez,” Paul Viollis said. “The highest probability of risk here, where this leak came from, would be Sanchez – whether it was her brother, whether it was a friend, whether it was anybody.”

In emails released by Bezos last week, Enquirer officials purportedly claim to have “a naked selfie” and other lewd images of Bezos. They offered not to publish the pictures if the Amazon CEO dropped his investigation.  “I hope common sense can prevail – and quickly,” one email said.
 
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Paul Viollis discusses personal security new status symbol

"When Upper East Side dad Paul Viollis planned a French getaway for his family this summer, his first move wasn’t to book a hotel. Instead, he contacted armed guards."

Each Morning in Paris, Paul Viollis (who requested a pseudonym because of privacy concerns), his wife and their 10-year-old son would stroll out of the Hotel George V, where suites can go for $5,000 a night, to meet their personal security detail: two strapping ex-military men who cost $2,000 a day.
“I’m not a worrywart,” said the 38-year-old, who runs a lending fund. “But once you start having kids, [you want] peace of mind against terrorism.”

Wealthy New Yorkers are increasingly turning to hard bodies to protect them during European vacations, particularly in cities such as London, Paris and Berlin that have been hit with high-profile terrorism, say security experts.

“I can’t fill them fast enough,” said CASS Global Security founder Shawn Engbrecht of requests for vacation bodyguards.

Rich people are hiring bodyguards to go to Disney World.

“Our summer was huge . . . on the heels of what happened in Paris and London,” said Paul Viollis, CEO of Viollis Group International, a global security firm. “We’ve gotten maybe 20 new clients.” His firm offers multiple layers of protection — from security drivers and armored vehicles with bulletproof glass to vacation bodyguards. But in the case of a suicide bomber or a truck plowing into a crowd, what can a bodyguard even do?