Business credit reports assist in obtaining vital credit and financial information about your prospective clients, vendors and business partners. Designed to assist you in deciding whether to do business with a company, these reports access the business risk of lower-balance transactions and help you review them for credit increases. These reports further aid you in quickly determining whether you can confidently make a credit decision concerning a new customer, or if further investigation is required. Information provided will include:
A comprehensive search where Vendor currently and/or previously has operated to discover any fictitious business name filings. Information provided will include:
A comprehensive search with the office of the Secretary of State where Vendor currently and/or previously has operated to discover any corporation and/or limited partnership filings. Information provided will include:
Uniform Commercial Code filings can assist in finding assets used by businesses to secure commercial loans, as well as providing information about the financial relationships between individuals and businesses. Information provided will include:
Ascertain a Vendor’s reputation, current and past news, media reports, blog information and more with a full-scale Internet and media information search of thousands of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, as well as deep Internet searching. Information provided will include:
A comprehensive Business Credit Profile search is conducted utilizing Dunn & Bradstreet databases of over 82 million recorded businesses. Get deep and reliable data on any company’s financial condition, including the likelihood to experience business risk failure, late payments, and overall risk.
Confirming professional licensing and certification directly through the licensing agency ensures you are hiring qualified individuals and offers protection from potential fraud or malpractice. A license verification not only validates the claimed professional license but also includes what state the license is held in, date issued, expiration date, current status, and any reported disciplinary actions. I
Obtained directly through the licensing agency, Mega Group Online’s professional license verification will provide the following:
License type
Although essential in the hiring process, Employment Verifications only paint a partial picture of a candidate. A Professional Reference Interview allows employers to gain a broader understanding of who their Applicant is beyond the application. Our researchers speak with the people who know your Applicant best; past co-workers, colleagues, and supervisors, revealing insight into an Applicant’s work ethics, reliability, trustworthiness, integrity, accomplishments and more.
In order to accommodate a variety of hiring options, Mega Group Online offers three comprehensive Professional Reference Interviews. Each interview is tailored to suit our client’s needs and can be customized to fit any hiring position. Further, follow up interviews with developed references can be conducted upon request.
Standard Interview
Our Standard Interview is an extension of our Employment Verification. Interviewers obtain verbal verification of Applicant’s prior positions held, reason for separation, eligibility for re-hire, as well as employee characteristics.
Expanded Interview
The Expanded Interview is tailored to be used for Management level positions. In addition to the questions asked in our Standard Interview, interviewers inquire about the Applicant’s managerial qualifications and skills.
Comprehensive Interview
The Comprehensive Interview is suited to Executive level positions. A combination of our Standard and Expanded Interview, the Comprehensive Interview includes specific questions pertaining to executive capabilities and qualifications. This should be in a table
Depending on organizational needs, our Professional Reference Interviews can provide a variety of information reference the Applicant’s qualifications, work experience, and character. All interviews can be tailored to fit our client’s specific needs.
Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the General Services Administration (GSA), created and maintains a sanction list of individuals and entities called the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities which is vital for healthcare providers.
This search is offered in three different search levels:
Level 1
This search includes OIG/GSA and other federal sources, including FDA debarments, DEA restrictions and TRICARE (military actions). This search meets minimum federal requirements as outlined by the federal mandate. This level of search is only recommended for low-risk employees and contractors not involved with patient care.
Level 2
This search includes a Level One, plus a check of statewide sanctions in one state. This search meets minimum federal requirements and provides limited state-licensure protection (one state only). This level is ideal for moderate-risk employees, contractors and administrators.
Level 3
This search includes all of Level Two, plus a check of statewide sanctions in all fifty states. This search exceeds minimum federal requirements and offers a much broader business risk management for existing employees, vendors and contractors. It’s a must for high-risk individuals and contractors: anyone directly involved in patient care; or with direct access to patients, such as physicians, nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists, and specialized contractors.
In order for companies to satisfy Section 391.23 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Federal Requirement 49 CFR Part 40.25, MGO researchers obtain all information deemed necessary for compliance with DOT regulations.
In order to maintain compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT verifications supply the last three years of a driver’s employment as well as specific information relating to accident history and drug/alcohol testing results.
DOT verifications expand upon our traditional employment verifications, by also including the following:
Helping clients identify Applicants with a criminal past not only assists in maintaining a safe working environment, but further offers protection from the threat of negligent hiring lawsuits.
Mega Group Online searches for felony and misdemeanor criminal records in an Applicant’s counties of residence, and employment, using all known names and aliases. Mega Group Online accesses the most current information available through our nationwide network of record retrieval professionals who search felony and misdemeanor filings on-site within the nation’s more than 3,400 courthouses. We are consistently in communication with our researchers, ensuring up to the minute information on court closures and delays that can postpone our usual timely reporting.
Criminal filing results are communicated in an easy to read format and typically include the following:
Mega Group Online adheres to the highest standards of accurate, legally reportable information, with each felony and misdemeanor record being thoroughly reviewed and researched before being reported to our clients.
The Federal District Criminal Records search directly accesses a district’s federal crime repository to identify federal criminal convictions including crimes of securities and tax violations, embezzlement, immigration, international or interstate drug crimes, mail fraud, civil rights violations and other federal statue violations. Offenses conducted on federal property are further prosecuted at the federal level.
As serious white collar crimes are revealed through a Federal District Criminal Records search, this search is recommended for all financial, executive and managerial positions.
Each state maintains at least one federal district, with larger states containing up to four separate districts. A Federal District Criminal Records search searches for federal records within a specific federal district court.
Federal district criminal records will provide the following:
Names of involved parties
The individual’s personal identifiers as they are recorded in the case file:
And if available:
This instant database search of offense records includes the collection of hundreds of millions of criminal records from 49 states and Washington, DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Areas searched include county courts, sex offender registries, State Administrative Offices of Courts, Department of Correction, traffic courts, Department of Public Safety, state record repositories, Probation Departments and national and international terrorism sources, America’s Most Wanted Fugitive List, DEA Diversion Control Program, European Union Terrorism Sanctions List, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Most Wanted, Interpol Most Wanted, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Most Wanted Fugitives, P.R.I.O.R.S., MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base, United Nations Consolidated Sanctions List and many others. Please contact MGO for a complete source list.
When combined with a comprehensive on-site county criminal search, a national criminal database search broadens the search for criminal records to the national level, further supporting due diligence efforts and assisting employers in making informed and confident hiring decisions.
By searching offense records from around the country using an Applicant’s name, this search can uncover offenses in states and counties not identified in an Applicant’s Social Security Number trace or Credit History Report.
Further, when offense records are located through a national criminal database search, Mega Group Online audits and investigates the findings by conducting a country criminal record search in the county where the record has been located, ensuring both accuracy and proper reporting.
While it does extend the geographical area being searched for potential criminal offenses to the national level, this search should not replace comprehensive, on-site county criminal searches conducted in counties of Applicant’s residence and employment, but rather should act as a supplement to them.
This instant database search of offense records includes the collection of hundreds of millions of criminal records from nearly 49 states and Washington, DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Areas searched include county courts, sex offender registries, State Administrative Offices of Courts, Department of Correction, traffic courts, Department of Public Safety, State Record Repositories, Probation Departments, national and international terrorism sources, America’ Most Wanted Fugitive List, DEA Diversion Control Program, European Union Terrorism Sanctions List, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Most Wanted, Interpol Most Wanted, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Most Wanted Fugitives, P.R.I.O.R.S., MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base, United Nations Consolidated Sanctions List, and many others. Please contact MGO for a complete source list.
When combined with a comprehensive on-site county criminal search, a national criminal database search with alias broadens the search for criminal records to the national level, further supporting due diligence efforts and assisting employers in making informed and confident hiring decisions.
By searching offense records from around the country using an Applicant’s name and all known aliases, this search can uncover offenses in states and counties not identified in an Applicant’s Social Security Number trace or Credit History Report.
Further, when offense records are located through a national criminal database search, Mega Group audits and investigates the findings by conducting an on-site country criminal record search in the county where the record has been located, ensuring both accuracy and proper reporting.
While it does extend the geographical area being searched for potential criminal offenses to the national level, this search should not replace comprehensive, on-site county criminal searches conducted in counties of Applicant’s residence and employment, but rather should act as a supplement to them.
A nationwide search for outstanding and extraditable arrest wants and/or warrants registered with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). If an individual maintains an active want and/or warrant, they are currently being sought after by Law Enforcement agencies.
Records are limited to information provided by the reporting agency, as well as type and status of record. Further information must be obtained through an on-site county criminal records search.
This search was developed as a response to the Patriot Act, and supports U.S. Patriot Act and Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) compliance. Mega Group Online researchers search federal databases and international sources, including sanctions and watch lists, to identify entities determined to be a threat to the United States.
Researchers identify entities determined to be a threat to the United States, including:
Helping clients identify Applicants with a criminal past not only assists in maintaining a safe working environment, but further offers protection from the threat of negligent hiring lawsuits.
Mega Group Online searches all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and numerous Indian tribes for the identity and location of known sex offenders. Under Megan’s Law, every individual convicted of a sexual crime must register as a sexual offender each time they change residence. Mega Group Online offers single state as well as national searching for registered sex offenders.
Mega Group Online adheres to the highest standards of accurate, reportable information, with each hit located being exhaustibly researched via all means possible, including an on-site county criminal record search.
Sex Offender Registry searches are especially recommended for employers within the healthcare industry, elderly and childcare services and for those whose employees maintain access to client’s place of residence. Government regulations may require that certain employers conduct a Sex Offender Registry search, thereby making this search a necessity. Information provided will include:
A search of county civil records can provide information into an Applicant’s participation as a defendant or plaintiff in civil litigation proceedings, including but not limited to small claims, breach of contract, contract dispute, tenant eviction, real estate foreclosures and loan default.
Mega Group Online staff searches for records in Applicant’s counties of residence and/or employment for the past seven years, and maintains a nationwide network of courthouse researchers in every courthouse throughout the United States. Obtained directly through the courthouse, returned information will include
And If Available:
A Federal district civil records search will reveal information when an Applicant has been involved in litigation within the federal courts. Cases involve violations of federal statues, breach of contract, personal lawsuits and constitutional rights, and may be brought by individuals, businesses or government entities that seek monetary damages or injunctions. Information returned includes:
And when available:
A search within all states Applicant has resides in and/or been employed in within the past seven years for tax lien and judgment filings. This search is strongly recommended for Applicants who will be working in financial positions or have access to confidential information. Information provided will include:
Mega Group Online searches nationwide for filings of bankruptcy by an individual or business, and is an important search when hiring accounting, managerial and executive candidates, as well as contractors, business partners and vendors.
Mega Group Online locates bankruptcy filings(s) nationwide within the past ten years and information returned includes:
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