Cindi

I've been to the show twice and both times was able to get industry badges for myself and a friend. It really doesn't take a genius to figure out that as long as you say you are in the biz you can register with avn and buy a pass. No one ever does the business license or other reference checks that they threaten you with. Second time it came as part of a package with Rose Travel. Either way, from my experience the only real difference between fan and industry days on the show floor was the amount of traffic.
And I only scammed it because I wanted to avoid the sword fight on fans days and it costs a lot less for industry.