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  • SCHICKSALE - Ihr kann man nichts verheimlichen: Sharon Sutila arbeitet als menschlicher Lügendetektor
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    SCHICKSALE - Ihr kann man nichts verheimlichen: Sharon Sutila arbeitet als menschlicher Lügendetektor
    Sharon says she is a human lie detector (Collect/PA Real Life). *** Private investigator says being a "human lie detector" mum sussing out her children's fibs trained her to expose lies for billion dollar firms

    By Joe Pagnelli, PA Real Life

    A private investigator claims being a mum has trained her to expose wrongdoing for billion-dollar companies after years as a "human lie detector" sussing out when her children are telling porkies.

    As CEO of Cluso Investigation, which she founded in 2008, Sharon Sutila, 52, has been threatened by furious people after rumbling their deceptions and has even exposed men on the FBI's fugitive list.

    But the divorcee, of Delaware, USA, says she reserves her finest detective skills for dealing with her children, corporate administrator Marissa Vigano, 28, and Tesla Sutila, 12, saying: "My kids have always known they won't get away with not telling me the truth.

    "My skillset means I stay as neutral as I can, even if I don’t trust what they are telling me.

    "I don’t call them out, I try to stay cool and find out if they are telling me the truth, but I always find out.

    "They are aware of that, so they have grown up knowing it is always better to tell the truth.

    "If they've ever told me they don’t have homework when they do, they know I will find out about it. "

    When Marissa was little and tried to conceal a bad mark from her mum, Sharon not only found out, she also showed her daughter the New York penal code - ensuring she knew that dishonest actions had consequences.

    She said: "I think it scared her to death!"

    Sharon's detective skills first came into play when she was a 12-year-old schoolgirl herself.

    Faced with a bully who had written a nasty note and broken a vinyl record of The Clash's Rock the Casbah, which she treasured, she was determined to expose the culprit to the teacher.

    Inspired by the investigative work of Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes, two popular fictional mystery-solving chara *

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