GENERAL STRATEGIES

Report ElementsLevel I: Clerical and Administrative PositionLevel II: Supervisory PositionsLevel III: High-level Supervisory PositionsLevel IV: Management Positions
Address History and Social Security Number Trace✓✓✓✓
Education Verification (highest degree/enrollment, post high school)✓✓
Professional License/Certificate/Membership Verification✓✓
Employment Verification (three employers)✓✓
Consumer Credit Report (as permitted by state law; credentialing required)✓✓✓
Driving Record✓✓✓✓
Corporate Records✓
Fictitious Business Name Statements✓
Media Sources✓
Civil Litigation Records✓✓✓
Criminal Felony Records✓✓✓✓
Criminal Misdemeanor Records✓✓
Federal Court – Civil Records✓
Federal Court – Criminal Records✓
Bankruptcy Records✓✓✓✓
Tax Lien Records – Federal, State and County✓✓✓✓
Judgment Records – Debtor✓✓✓✓
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Tax Lien and Judgment Records✓
Federal Securities & Self-Regulatory Organization (SEC, FINRA, CFTC & NFA) Registration and Violation Records✓
FINRA, CFTC & NFA) Registration and Violation Records✓
State Department of Securities Violation Records✓
State Insurance Regulators✓
Regulators of Banks, Savings Associations and Credit Unions (federal and local)✓
United States Postal Service False Representation Orders✓
International Fraud and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPS) Database; includes records from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)As Applicable

Fees are based on record searches of one subject in one jurisdiction and a seven or 10-year scope.
“Jurisdiction” refers to a geographical area, such as a county or federal district, within which a legal body/court
adjudicates cases.

Supplemental Elements

Industry-Specific Regulatory Authority Records
Additional Professional License/Certificate/Membership Verification
International Education Verification
International Professional License/Certificate Verification
Listed Reference Interview
State Sex Offender Registry Records
Document Retrieval
Additional Jurisdiction Searches
Civil Litigation Records
Criminal Felony Records
Criminal Misdemeanor Records
Federal Court – Civil Records
Federal Court – Criminal Records
Bankruptcy, Tax Lien, Judgment Records

Other Fees

Searches of names other than those provided by the subject or appearing on a driver’s license or state identification card will incur additional charges that will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

A surcharge is applied for subjects with residential and/or employment jurisdictions in the state of New York, which mandates that criminal searches be conducted on a statewide basis through the Office of Court Administration.

Search strategies may be customized to attain client objectives, and will be priced on a case-by-case basis.

International strategies are available; fees are based on country/region.

Scope:
Levels I – IV: seven years, one jurisdiction.

Standard turnaround time:
Level I-II:  three business days;
Level III:  five business days;
Levels IV:  eight business days.

Expedited turnaround time:
25-percent surcharge of total fee.

 

Level I-II:  two business days;
Level III:  three business days;
Levels IV:  five business days.

 

Notification of negative findings is provided immediately upon identification with the subject.

SCHERZER INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ARE CONDUCTED IN ADHERENCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS.