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Final Report Lacks New Details
RALEIGH — The state’s Tobacco Trust Fund Commission closed its file last week on a fingerprint security business that it funded, even though little or no new information was provided in a revised final report about a project the company conducted for the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles. Privaris, Inc. received $307,575 from the commission through a grant to the Martin County Economic Development Corporation, ostensibly in exchange for starting business in Williamston with 10 to 15 employees. Privaris was to be paid for determining whether its technology could help DMV enhance the security of drivers' licensing for transporters of hazardous cargo.