In today's environment, businesses must ensure that those individuals who promote and provide their services will not jeopardize the reputation of the organization or in the worst case, commit an offense against staff or customers. There is no absolute predictor of future behavior; one can only use an individual's past behavior as a possible indicator of future trends. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance that pre-employment investigations uncover any and all offenses in an individual's past. This can only be accomplished through searches of state criminal record repositories in those states that maintain statewide systems, or through county record repositories in those states that do not maintain a statewide system. Database searches of public criminal records provided by third party database information brokers will not uncover criminal records in many states, despite the vendor's claims of providing a complete background check for employment. An investigation that will stand the test of due diligence cannot be performed through database searches alone.

Searching civil records can provide additional information, particularly on applicants applying for senior management positions. These records can uncover financial issues that might otherwise be missed.

In today's environment, businesses must ensure that those individuals who promote and provide their services will not jeopardize the reputation of the organization or in the worst case, commit an offense against staff or customers. There is no absolute predictor of future behavior; one can only use an individual's past behavior as a possible indicator of future trends. Consequently, it is of the utmost importance that pre-employment investigations uncover any and all offenses in an individual's past. 

This search can reveal a great deal about a prospective employee and is particularly recommended for applicants slated for financial positions, tenants and employment screening requirements. All checks are done in strict compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

These searches are particularly important for any applicants applying for positions that require operation of a company vehicle. In some states, convictions for driving while impaired are not stored in the criminal court record and can only be located through a driving history search.

IAC provides pre-employment and other drug screening services at our home office located in Winston-Salem, NC. Additionally, we partner with LabCorp®, which is the world’s leading health care diagnostics company to provide these drug screening services anywhere in the continental United States.

Education history is the most commonly falsified information on resumes and job applications. We verify the degree, credential or license received, as well as the date awarded.

Employment verification plays a pivotal role in today’s society for prospective employers to obtain the potential employee’s previous company name, dates of employment, position held, employment status or reason for termination. Our investigators here at IAC are well trained and can acquire this information for a prospective employer, government agency, or an outside entity such as a lending institution if the recent employer elects to release this information.

The Congress of the United States has implemented legislation to prevent certain individuals and businesses from participating in federally-funded healthcare programs. The Office of the Inspector General, under this congressional mandate, established a program to exclude individuals and entities affected by these various legal authorities. Bases for exclusion include convictions for program-related fraud and patient abuse, licensing board actions and default on Health Education Assistance Loans. This search will identify those individuals/entities that have been excluded from participation in these healthcare programs. 

IAC provides fingerprinting services here at our home office located in Winston-Salem, NC. We can also arrange to come to your site for fingerprinting of groups of individuals. Additionally, if you or your company is not located in the vicinity of our office, we can schedule you an appointment at the nearest LabCorp® lab.

Our investigators will contact colleagues and coworkers listed on the applicant's resume or job application to obtain an assessment of the applicant's capabilities and work record.

Where necessary, our professionally trained interviewers can conduct in-depth interviews with applicants, revealing information that may otherwise have gone undetected.

Available in all states and the District of Columbia.

Provides names associated with social security numbers as well as present and past addresses. Information is compiled from the three major credit bureaus.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States. OFAC regulations prohibit transactions with certain persons, and organizations listed on the OFAC website as “Terrorists” and “Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons,” as well as listed embargoed countries and regions. The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List is updated regularly with the names of individuals, entities, and organizations deemed to be involved in a range of criminal activities. US Persons (US citizens and permanent resident aliens regardless of location, US incorporated entities and their foreign branches, and in some circumstances their subsidiaries) are prohibited from doing business with anyone on the OFAC SDN list and should check the list to ensure they are not in breach of the law if there is any uncertainty. Businesses should conduct checks prior to establishing a relationship with the person or entity, or conducting transactions with them, and periodically throughout the relationship.

A FACIS® (Fraud and Abuse Control Information System) search identifies any wrong actions of individuals and entities in the healthcare field.

The System for Award Management (SAM) is a federal government list that includes individuals or entities debarred or suspended from doing business with the federal government collectively referred to as excluded parties. It is a government-owned and -operated website that consolidated the capabilities in CCR/FedReg, ORCA and EPLS. SAM is used by anyone interested in the business of the federal government, including entities that need to register to do business with the government, look for opportunities or assistance programs, or report subcontracting information.

E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from your Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) records to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Though participation in E-Verify is required of some employers, most employers participate voluntarily.