Integrity Checks, Vendor Screening and Litigation Support by Employment Screening Resources
This service is designed to conduct due diligence in critical business relationships, such as appointing members to a board of directors, entering into a joint venture or other business relationship, acquiring a business or numerous other situations where the integrity of who you are dealing with is critical. These are special in-depth searches. For client searches, such as appointing members to a board of directors, consent is required.
These services are also ideal for law firms conducing due diligence on behalf of clients or for litigation support . These services are also suited to perform checks on vendors, including both a business and the principals and workers of a business.
For more information, contact ESR.
Level One for Public Records (Charged on a per search basis)
For public record checks, third party fees from courts are also charged separately.
In addition to each search fee, there is a set-up fee charged per person or entity that is the subject of the search. Credit reports and credit bureau data is NOT available through this service, unless it is expressly for employment and the employer has satisfied all of the requirements for credit reports imposed by the credit bureaus.
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Description
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Social Security Trace
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Provides names and addresses associated with the applicant's social security number and may indicate any fraudulent use. May verify other applicant information. (Does NOT utilize data from a credit bureaus)
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National Multi- Jurisdictional Database and numerous arrest/wanted databases
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Contains millions of criminal records nationwide. Returns information against both a name and DOB combination as well as name and non DOBs in some states. See: https://www.nationalbackgrounddata.com/
See Note 1 below.
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National Sexual Offender Database
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Runs name against records from 50 states
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Wants & Warrants.
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This database contains information from International, Federal, State, County and City agencies. The types of warrants range from misdemeanor warrants for bad checks, traffic violations, failures to appear, and unpaid fines, to felony warrants for parole or probation violations, robbery, rape, forgery, kidnapping or murder.
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Georgia GBI Felony Search.
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Ties into the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and National Crime Information Center (NCIC) data but only reports jurisdictions to check further for wants and warrants-does not return actual NCIC data (Requires consent)
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Criminal County Search
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Metro searches in all area counties associated with applicant in past ten years based upon Social Security Trace.
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Civil County Search (Superior Court).
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Metro searches in all area counties associated with applicant in past ten years based upon Social Security Trace
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National Federal Criminal Search
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Searches of federal district courts nationwide (may also find individuals not associated with the inquiry but with similar names since identifiers are often missing in feral record searches.)
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National Federal Search Civil
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Searches of federal district courts nationwide (may also find individuals not associated with the inquiry but with similar names since identifiers are often missing in feral record searches.)
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Bankruptcy, Liens And Judgments
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This is a compilation of hundreds of individual databases providing information from every bankruptcy court in the country from 1992 to present. Also included are judicial judgments filed at the county recorders’ offices of most states. The tax liens represented are those of federal, state and county origin. Search Bankruptcies alone or search all three databases at once
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Statewide search in any state that offers a statewide not covered in any other search.
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Some state have additional data available through the courts, police or correctional authorities
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Driving Record Search
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Requires consent
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Terrorist Database search
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14 terrorist databases. See:
http://www.esrcheck.com/articles/
See note 2 below
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Expanded International search
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See sample of databases below;
includes FISS-Financial Institution Sanctions Search Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
See Note 3 below.
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Additional searches
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Media Search
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Up to ten articles searched and review from nationwide media databases. Additional articles viewed and charged at same rate
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Jury Verdicts
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Jury verdict search from jury and verdict reporters
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Securities Exchange Commission
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National Corporate/Business affiliation database.
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This database is a powerful tool to discover an individual that is involved with a variety of corporations, limited partnerships, and/or limited liability companies. It can also be used to verify the existence and names of principal officers of a company in which you are interested in doing business
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Brokerage search through FINRA
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BrokerCheck reports are part of a FINRA initiative to provide information about FINRA-registered firms and brokers to help investors determine whether to conduct, or continue to conduct, business with these brokerage firms and brokers. The information contained within these reports is collected through the securities industry's registration and licensing processes
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Field interviews
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Field interviews across the US conducted by licensed private investigators and/or retired law enforcement agents
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Litigation Review—Reported cases
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A search for reported case of national reported appellate decisions for state and federal cases (differs from State and federal civil searches since this search is based upon reported court decisions, rather then records at the clerk’s office)
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EDGAR search
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Search of public filings for publicly held US firms
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Other searches can include real property ownership, and a variety of business credit reports
Notes
1. The National Multi-Jurisdictional databases includes the following searches
1. Wanted database: Consists of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Terrorist List and Federal/State/Local Fugitive List
Alabama Crime Stoppers
Alabama Felony Fugitives
Anchorage PD
Arizona Department Of Corrections Wanted Persons
Bureau of ATF
Bureau of Criminal Investigations
California Department Of Corrections Wanted
California's LAPD
California's Wanted Persons
Colorado Bureau of Investigation Wanted Persons
Colorado Department Of Corrections Wanted
Connecticut Department of Correction Wanted
D.C. Most Wanted (Not ROC)
D.C. U.S.Marshals Service
Delaware Department of Corrections
Delaware Most Wanted
FBI
Florida Department of Corrections
Florida's Fort Lauderdale PD
Florida's Jacksonville First Coast Fugitives
Florida's Tampa Police Most Wanted
GCB Most Wanted
Georgia Department of Corrections
Georgia's Atlanta Police
Hawaii's Honolulu's Crime Stoppers
Illinois Department of Corrections
Illinois State Police Wanted Persons
Indiana's Most Wanted
Interpol
Kansas Most Wanted
Kentucky State Police
Louisiana Baton Rouge Crime Stoppers
Louisiana Department of Corrections
Maryland's Baltimore Felons
Maryland's Most Wanted
Massachusetts Department of Corrections
Massachusetts Most Wanted
Michigan Corrections
Michigan State Police
Minnesota Department of Corrections
Minnesota's St Paul Police
Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Missouri's St. Louis Most Wanted
Montana Corrections
Nevada Attorney General Investigation Division
Nevada Department of Public Safety
Nevada's Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Nevada's Most Wanted
New Jersey State Police
New Mexico Corrections Department
New York State Wanted
New York's NYC Most Wanted
North Carolina's Most Wanted
Ohio Department of Corrections
Ohio's Columbus Most Wanted
Oklahoma Corrections Wanted Persons
Oregon Department of Corrections
Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers
Pennsylvania State Police
Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh Most Wanted
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Rhode Island State Police
ROC Central Most Wanted
ROC East Most Wanted
ROC North Most Wanted
South Carolina Wanted
South Dakota Department of Corrections
T.H.U.G.S.
TBI Most Wanted
Tennessee Department of Corrections
Tennessee's Nashville Police
Texas Attorney General
Texas' Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Tulsa's Most Wanted
U.S. Air Force OSI
U.S. Customs Service
U.S. DEA
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Marshals Service
U.S. Naval CIS
U.S. Postal service
U.S. Secret Service
Utah Corrections
Vermont U.S. Marshals Service
Virginia Corrections
Virginia State Police
Washington Field Division
West Virginia State Police
WV Divisions of Corrections
Note 2. Global Terrorist Reports: includes the following U.S. and foreign sanctions and watch lists. Lists notated with an asterisk (*) indicate a geographic-based sanctions list. These lists currently include:
- OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) & Blocked Persons
- OFAC Sanctioned Countries, including Major Cities & Ports*
- Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories*
- Department of State Trade Control (DTC) Debarred Parties
- U.S. Bureau of Industry & Security (formerly BXA) -
a. Unverified Entities List
b. Denied Entities List
c. Denied Persons List
- FBI Most Wanted Terrorists & Seeking Information
- FBI Top Ten Most Wanted
- INTERPOL Most Wanted List
- Bank of England Sanctions List
- OSFI - Canadian Sanctions List
- United Nations Consolidated Sanctions List
- Politically Exposed Persons List
- European Union Terrorism List
- World Bank Ineligible Firms
Note 3. Expanded Global Sanctions Search
SANCTIONS
Bank of England
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, Luxembourg
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
European Union
Financial Services Agency, Japan
Home Office
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), United States
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada
Reserve Bank of Australia
United Nations Security Council Committee
US Department of State
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Central Bureau of Investigation, India
Central Narcotics Bureau, Singapore
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States
General Police Directorate, Slovenia
Hong Kong Police Force
Interpol
Metropolitan Police Service, UK
National Crime Squad, UK
Philippines National Police
Royal Malaysian Police
South African Police Service
US Air Force Office of Special Investigations
US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
US Drug Enforcement Administration
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
US Marshals Service
US Naval Criminal Investigative Service
US Postal Inspection Service
US Rewards for Justice
US Secret Service
REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT UK enforcement bodies:
Assets Recovery Agency
Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Gibraltar Financial Services Commission
Guernsey Financial Services Commission
Investment Management Regulatory Organisation
Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission
Jersey Financial Services Commission
Lloyd's Insurance Market
Personal Investment Authority
Securities and Futures Authority
AFRICA/ASIA/PACIFIC ENFORCEMENT BODIES
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Central Bureau of Investigation, India
Financial Services Agency, Japan
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission
InvestED - Hong Kong SFC
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Reserve Bank of India
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
Securities and Exchange Commission, Republic of the Philippines
Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, Japan
Securities Commission of New Zealand
Securities Commission, Malaysia
NORTH AMERICAN ENFORCEMENT BODIES
Autorité des marchés financiers, Canada
British Columbia Securities Commission, Canada
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, United States
Federal Reserve Board, United States
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
Investment Dealers Association of Canada
National Credit Union Administration, United States
New York Stock Exchange, United States
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), United States
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada
Office of Thrift Supervision, United States
Ontario Securities Commission, Canada
Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission, Canada
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), United States
US Department of Justice
EUROPEAN ENFORCEMENT BODIES
Autorité des marchés financiers, France
BaFin - Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany
Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA), Belgium
Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores, Spain
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, Luxembourg
Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa, Italy
Danish Financial Supervisory Authority
Financial Market Authority, Austria
Financial Market Authority, Slovakia
Financial Regulator, Ireland
Finnish Financial Supervision Authority
Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority
Malta Financial Services Authority
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets
Polish Securities and Exchange Commission
Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM)
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen)
OTHER BODIES
Bureau of Industry and Security
Companies House
World Bank
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International Background Checks
ESR writes the Book on Safe Hiring and Employment Screening – See "The Safe Hiring Manual-the Complete Guide to Keeping Criminals, Terrorists and Imposters out of Your Workplace" (512 pages). Available at major bookstores across the United States