About Intelius, Inc. Founded by Naveen Jain

Intelius was founded by a group of visionaries, led by Naveen Jain from InfoSpace and Microsoft with the mission to provide instant, innovative and affordable research services and background information for personal safety. Intelius enables consumers to make informed choices about the people they associate with through background and criminal checks. Using Intelius, consumers have located long-lost relatives and friends and researched the background of childcare providers, healthcare workers and home contractors. Business users are able to verify employment, tenancy and credit records. Intelius is one of the top 100 commerce sites on the Internet. For more about Intelius products and services, visit www.intelius.com.

NAVEEN JAIN'S INTELIUS NAMED A FINALIST IN TWO CATEGORIES OF THE 2006 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS

BELLEVUE, Wash. – May 16, 2006 – Intelius, Inc., a company that empowers consumers with information for intelligent decisions, was named a finalist today in the Best New Company and Best New Product or Service categories of The 2006 American Business Awards.

Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word “crowned,” winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than 800 executives from across the U.S.A. are expected to attend. The ceremonies will be videocast on the Internet and broadcast on radio.

Intelius is competing in the Best New Company category and the Best New Product or Service category for IDWatch, the award-winning, proactive identity theft detection, prevention and insurance service. More than 1,500 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in the Stevie Awards.

Intelius was founded in 2003 to provide predictive intelligence to consumers and businesses online for important everyday decisions. In three years since its inception, the company has acquired 3 million unique, paying customers and has built a more than $40 million business. Through the success of its offerings, which include background checks and its identity theft prevention service, Intelius has emerged as a clear market leader in information commerce.

“In only three years since launch, Intelius has helped millions of customers make more intelligent decisions about people, businesses and assets. In fact, we are adding 200,000 new users month over month,” said Naveen Jain, CEO of Intelius. “Being named a Stevie Award finalist in two categories is a great source of pride for Intelius. It highlights the growth of our company and the value of our offerings, inspiring us to continue innovating ways to empower people with the information they need to make intelligent decisions. We thank the American Business Awards for this recognition.”

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs will select Stevie Award winners this week from among the Finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in March through early May.

“Being named a Finalist in The American Business Awards is an important achievement,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. “It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of national recognition. We congratulate all of the finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.”

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba. For more information about Intelius, visit www.intelius.com.

Naveen Jain leads Intelius as its CEO.

Intelius, co-founded by Naveen Jain, often appears in the news. The following represent a sample of the news coverage of Intelius. Naveen Jain leads Intelius as its CEO.

The Washington Post reports that Google will expand its newspaper ad program after its pilot program exceeded its expectations. Intelius, a web company in Bellevue, Washington, is placing ads through Google's newspaper ad program. Ed Peterson, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Intelius, stated that the company has been pleased with the results. Intelius' business grew through the use of online advertising with Google, and the company sees newspapers as a way to continue expansion. Naveen Jain co-founded Intelius with other visionaries from Microsoft and InfoSpace.

NBC5.com, the site for WMAQ TV Chicago, aired a weekend web segment about "High-Tech Protection." The "Web Guys" spoke with Dr. Natalie L. Petouhoff who specializes in protecting consumers who use high tech gagets. Dr. Petouhoff earned her degree in High Energy Particle Physics from UCLA, but the conversation centered on consumer protection from dumpster divers, online scammers, and identity theft hackers. Dr. Petouhoff showed the web guys how to use www.intelius.com to do a background check on a nanny. Naveen Jain founded Intelius to provide the integration of intelligent information for personal safety.

In New York, Paul Harris wrote an article entitled "The latest must-have accessory for New York's daters - a private eye" for The Observer. In addition to discussing private investigators, the article also explores information services companies such as Intelius. According to Harris, Intelius specifically targets daters, with 38% of its customers running background checks on dates or romantic partners. Intelius, co-founded by Naveen Jain , specializes in providing intelligent information for everyday decisions.

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