ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - FBI agents visited the offices of adult-content provider Candid Cam on Sept. 18 for a random 2257 inspection, Candid Cam attorney Mark Dolan told AVN Online.
"We were in good order at the time of the inspection," he said Wednesday. "My clients have been very serious about keeping their records since 1998. They also have updated software to manage all of our records, which is a big help, and the FBI really appreciated it. I guess the FBI is really starting to do more of these checks. They mentioned that they have already completed 65 of them so far and that they would be spending two days in Florida conducting 2257 inspections."
Dolan was present during the four-hour inspection by about five agents in the company's conference room. He said the agents were "very pleasant, professional and low-key," and apparently had viewed various Candid Cam titles and made books of screen captures for each title. Dolan said the company was prepared, armed with identifications for all releases.
"There were a few small items they asked us to address," Dolan said. "One was that one of the IDs that had been faxed to us was illegible. They wanted a clean copy so they could see the clear photo, name and [date of] birth on the ID.
"One more thing they wanted was a recent address on our DVDs. We used to be in Tampa and we moved to St. Petersburg, so they wanted the current address for the Custodian of Records, which is something you have to put on the box of the DVD and inside the body of the DVD if you were to view it. They wanted that address corrected.
"One more issue they addressed was that there was one title [for] which we had releases for every performer. Yet they wanted that one title broken out by scene, and they just wanted the IDs of the people who were performing sex acts in the title. We had IDs for everyone, including people who were clothed in the background, and they wanted us to break it down for them and tell them what scenes they were in."
Candid Cam was given a report and asked to respond to those items within a week, Dolan said.
"We responded within three days," he said. "I called the agent today to make sure they received everything in good order, and I'm waiting for a callback."
