Here is a List of Background Checking Services and prices.
Last update: 6/28/2010
SEARCH TYPE PRICE
B1 = BUSINESS PARTNER SCREENING, BASIC
A basic package for screening a business partner. It includes name/age verification; multi-state criminal; multi-state civil; and bankruptcies, tax liens, and judgments. Compare with the "Business Partner Screening, Comprehensive" package.
Price: $187.00
B2 = BUSINESS PARTNER SCREENING, PLUS
A comprehensive package for screening a business partner. It includes everything in the "Business Partner Screening, Basic" package, which are name/age verification; multi-state criminal; multi-state civil; and bankruptcies, tax liens, and judgments, plus it includes property records and corporate records. Internet & media research is now included as well.
Price: $270.00
CS = CONSULTING SERVICES
Should the nature of the service request be outside of the scope of what we standardly provide, our fees will be calculated on a time (hourly, with minimum increments of 15 minutes) and materials basis. Examples include; corresponding with service providers, court document retrievals, educational verifications attempts made in foreign countries, and follow up research on an already-closed investigation. You are authorizing us to conduct research on a time and materials basis. Results are not guaranteed, you are authorizing the expenditure of time and effort irrespective of the outcome. This service must be selected by itself. To monitor our progress, please follow the Status of Investigations tab online, which will document our efforts and allow you to post remarks as well.
Price per hour: $100.00
DL = DRIVER'S LICENSE
Given the subject's written consent, we will obtain the subject's driving record from the state department of motor vehicles, often called an MVR or Moving Violation Report. These reports must be mailed or faxed. The 6 states that carry an additional $10 fee are CT, MA, NJ, OK, PA, and RI
Price: $20.00
6 States Added fee: $10.00
DS = DELUXE PEOPLE SEARCH
Our most popular people search requested. Given a social security number, date of birth, prior address, or just a name this cost effective search is most often used to find someone's current address. It can also identify prior addresses, dates of birth, other name aliases, and phone numbers. Information predominantly obtained from the most accurate and up to date national credit records available. Permissible purpose required, not to be used for personal searches. As it determines address history, and may find or validate date of birth, this can be used to insure an accurate match of name and jurisdictions for criminal and civil records searches.
Price: $59.00
EV = MULTIPLE EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION
When Past Employer Contact Information is provided:
This type of research is performed to look for gaps in employment, or misrepresentations of positions held. Our efforts will pursue current and past direct employment verifications with the focus on looking for employment gaps and title or duty misrepresentations. It will require that the manager complete an employment history form and give his signed consent. Due to the nature of this work, the employment history form will not ask for salary information, but will ask for specific duties, and whether or not management of others was part of their responsibility, and the reason for their departure. Typically we can verify company, position(s) held, and dates of employment. Employer's contact information and the manager's consent must be provided using an employment history form or similar. Please fax this form into us. At the discretion of the investigator, surcharges will be assessed should the number of verifications exceed three, or if we incur supplemental fees. Non-US/Non-UK direct employment verifications are NOT pursued as part of this service. Should the past employer contact information provided be inaccurate or incomplete, the investigator at his discretion may upgrade this service to a Deluxe Credentials Verification.
Price: $95.00
EY = DELUXE CREDENTIALS VERIFICATION
This type of research is performed to look for gaps in employment, or misrepresentations of positions held. We will also pursue the verification of any other credentials found in the biography. This level of research will not require consent or an employment history form. We will pursue the same objective of looking for employment gaps and title/duty misrepresentations. A substantial, but limited amount of the investigator's time is budgeted for this pursuit. We cannot perform verifications on employers who by policy refuse to provide us information without consent or where our attempts at locating or contacting the employer fail.

EDUCATION
We have the most success with US based educational institutions and US based employers. We have limited success with UK based institutions when we can present signed consent of the individual. The chances of obtaining verifications in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere are poor, on top of which the effort is costly and time-consuming. Because we do not wish to set false expectations with our clients, as a rule we will not pursue verification efforts outside of the US unless we are presented with signed consent of the individual and it is specifically requested after the order has been placed, with the understanding that additional charges may be incurred. Please read our detailed Educational Verifications page.

EMPLOYMENT
There are two types of employment verification possible, "soft" and "hard". To produce a "soft" verification, we look for a reference to the past employer through regulatory records, corporate records, and media articles. "Hard" verifications come in two forms. One way is to locate a record of the subject's employment from employment or payroll records that we purchase and have license to query. We can also pursue direct past employment verifications by attempting to obtain written confirmation or even a verbal confirmation of past employment. This is accomplished through direct contact with the past employer. Unfortunately, contacting past employer is not always possible, as many of the companies our subjects have worked for have been sold, renamed, or simply no longer in business.

Non-US/Non-UK direct employment verifications are NOT pursued as part of this service.

Since we are not usually provided with a detailed list of contact information on past employers, much of our time is spent locating the past employers then pursuing the appropriate contact.

EFFORT
We will budget two hours of expendable research time to this effort.

Price: $180.00
E2 = SINGLE EDUCATION VERIFICATION
Confirmation of the subject's claimed educational credentials. Search confirms one US college or post graduate degree.
Price: $27.00
ED = MULTIPLE EDUCATION VERIFICATION
Confirmation of the subject's claimed US educational credentials (high school, college, professional, doctorate, or technical degrees). Search confirms all college and post graduate degrees. Also includes professional certification verification, (CPA, Attorney, CFA, etc.). At the discretion of the investigator, surcharges will be assessed should the number of verifications exceed two, or if we incur supplemental fees.
Price: $55.00
FO = Freedom of Information Act Inquiries
Under the banner of the Freedom of Information Act, we will contract US government researchers to search for adverse actions involving the parties being investigated. Specially trained CFM investigators will then sift the resulting correspondence for an indication of the presence of a Wells Notice, a disclosed investigation (party is aware), or a non-disclosed ongoing investigation (party is not aware). Due to the uncertainty of obtaining information from the US Government, once the request is submitted, we have no control over when their response will be made. We have no recourse to expedite their response. This service is already included in our Comprehensive Investigations.
Price: $130.00
M1 = MISC CHARGES
Used to order miscellaneous charges, for example court document retrievals.
Price: $25.00 and up
Monitor = Ongoing Manager Monitoring
This is a subscription-based service. Each client will choose one or more of his managers for us to “watch” on an ongoing basis. Components of Research:

1) Monthly research into these three data sources:
a) National Bankruptcy and Judgments file Using name and SSN
b) National Criminal file using name and date of birth
c) Compiled Civil court dockets, local, state, and federal using name in combination with one or more of the following, company name, residential address

2) Instant access to full investigative reports included. Every time CFM conducts an investigation on one of your managers, you will be granted full access to that report. CFM will conduct a basic or comprehensive investigation on each one of your managers at a minimum of once every 12 months.
An online software application will present a detailed view of the research to date including color coded entries for manager reports that require attention.

The pricing is as follows:

The price for this service will be $400.00 for one year.

The status of results is as follows:

Green entry indicates that No new records were found in bankruptcy & judgments, Civil Courts, or Criminal files.
Yellow entry indicates that a record of moderate severity was found. The description line will indicate the type of record found.
Red entry indicates that a record of high severity was found. The description line will indicate the type of record found.
Price: $400.00
H1 = US or UK FUND MANAGER BASIC
A basic search on a US or UK based Hedge Fund Manager. Includes identification, some education verifications, regulatory registrations, disciplinary sanctions, fines, assessed properties, address history, corporate records, full criminal, extensive federal civil, criminal, appellate, and state and local lawsuits, liens, bankruptcies, judgments, and UCC filings research.
Price: $325.00
H2 = US or UK FUND COMPANY BASIC
A basic search on a US or UK based Hedge Fund Company. Includes corporate identification, securities registrations, sanctions, suspensions or disciplinary actions. Extensive federal civil, criminal, appellate, and state and local lawsuits, bankruptcies, judgments, UCC filings research. Typically used in conjunction with H1 above to include company research.
Price: $165.00
NF = SECURITIES BROKERS REGISTRATIONS & SANCTIONS
A search of the National Futures Association, FINRA (formerly NASD) Regulation, and FINRA Dispute Resolutions records to determine if this person is registered with them, and if any irregularities, disputes or penalties have been assessed. Through a special arrangement, we also access Stock Exchange Disciplinary Decisions going back to 1972, FINRA Arbitration back to 1981, Disciplinary actions back to 1990, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission decisions back to 1976. This data is not available to the public at large. Information found here may not be available through the standard inquiries to these agencies as the records may have been expunged or erased. We may also contact our network of state regulators who often have information on companies and managers not available from the federal agencies.
Price: $43.00
NY = NEW YORK MISDEMEANOR SEARCH
Our standard New York criminal search includes searching for past and current Felonies across New York State. In addition, we can search for criminal misdemeanors from several NY counties covering dates from 1985 through March 31, 2000. Recent changes in the state of New York court administrative offices no longer allow us to run single county criminal searches as we have done in the past. By selecting this option here, we can also search for current criminal Misdemeanors across the New York counties that belong to the Office of Court Administration also known as the OCA. This search is not included in any of our due diligence reports and must be selected as an additional option. Most of the fee collected is paid as an administrative fee to the state of New York.
Price: $90.00
P1 = PRE-EMPLOYMENT BASIC
Pre-employment Check Basic
Standard full name, SSN, address, identity verification, criminal records check and a search of ALL federal jurisdictions available to us for federal Civil, Criminal, Appellate and Bankruptcy records.
* The subject's written consent is required and your account must have a Pre-Employment Agreement on file with us.
Price: $151.00
P2 = PRE-EMPLOYMENT PLUS
Pre-employment Check Plus
Standard full name, SSN, address, identity verification, criminal records, a search of ALL federal jurisdictions available to us for federal Civil, Criminal, Appellate and Bankruptcy records PLUS civil records check.
* The subject's written consent is required and your account must have a Pre-Employment Agreement on file with us.
Price: $213.00
PC = CREDIT CHECK
Given the subject's written consent with the full name, date of birth, social security number and full address, a credit report from a national credit reporting agency is provided. $20
Price: $30.00
Quick = Quick Access™ Report
An "Off the Shelf" report. You will obtain Instant Access to a report on the manager of interest. Once you order a Quick Access™ report, your secure online account will be linked directly to the report of interest. The Check Fund Manager software engineers have created a system where you can obtain direct access to the thousands of reports online. Quick Access™ Service Description.
Price: 25% to 55% Discount.
RB = Media Publications and Internet research
This report contains references to the person being investigated in media news services and Internet publications. We provide you with both the text and active links to online documents. This feature distinguishes us from our competition in that the report you receive is full of active links to online pages. A media summary section of your report will be created by the CFM investigator. This research is oriented specifically towards the financial investments industry for our investigations on investment managers. This section of the report contains references to the person being investigated in news services and business publications. Insider trading documents, SEC Edgar filings research including schedules D's E's and G's may all be examined. Publications specific to the alternative investment community to which we subscribe are researched, as are Dow Jones news sources, including the Wall Street Journal, business wires, and a variety of newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, government press releases, and transcripts of television and radio shows and congressional testimony. To avoid redundancy, we may select representative articles for inclusion. The Internet research performed will also be edited with the reader in mind, and will also include active links to the pages found. Please visit this link to read more about how our Internet & media research entails.
Price: $205.00
RU = RUSH THIS REPORT
Flags this report for Top Priority.
Price: $80.00
SA = SERVICE PROVIDER AUTHENTICATION
A search to authenticate Auditors or other service providers. We will examine corporate records, business records, perform license verifications (CPA or other), and conduct Internet & media research. Our goal is to verify the existence of the service provider and determine how well they are established. Contacting or interviewing of Auditors is offered through our Auditor Interview Service. At the investigator's discretion, he may pursue research beyond this service description which will result in additional charges. Sample Auditor Check Report.
Price: $90.00
SI = AUDITOR INTERVIEW
With your permission, we will contact Auditors and conduct a phone interview. The objective of this interview is to establish and confirm the extent of the relationship between the Auditor and the fund. Contact names and numbers are required as is written consent of the parties involved.
Price: Hourly Charges apply
SP = FOREIGN COURTS RESEARCH
Foreign Civil Courts research in one country.
SPAIN: Bankruptcy and Civil Courts.
FRANCE: Press database research of litigation, Company direction, management, shareholding history, bankruptcy.
ITALY: nationwide negative credit, bad/bounced cheque/IOU, enforced judgment, seizure/court ordered auction of property.
Turn around time can vary between 3 and 14 days. Call for specifics on jurisdictions and requirements.
Price: $275.00
SQ = FOREIGN CRIMINAL RESEARCH
Foreign Criminal research in one country.
SPAIN: criminal records search.
FRANCE: criminal records search.
ITALY: criminal records search.
GERMANY: criminal records search.
SWITZERLAND: criminal records search.
Most Countries: criminal records search.
Turn around time can vary between 3 and 14 days. Call for specifics on jurisdictions and requirements.
Price: $275.00
SR = ADVANCED FOREIGN COURTS RESEARCH
Advanced Foreign Civil prosecutions research in one country.
FRANCE: Civil and criminal history (full civil + penal, even as witness or victim) by first attempting to locate a home address or a date of birth. Turn around is up to 14 days.
SWITZERLAND: Bankruptcy, civil judgments and debit claims. Turn-around in 3 - 6 days.
Call for specifics on other jurisdictions.
Price: $450.00
SW = MULTIPLE STATEWIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY
Report, usually from the state law enforcement or department of corrections bureau, that reveals criminal records. States vary with regards to what offenses constitute entry in these files. Advantage over county felony/misdemeanor search is that it is state-wide, however county level searches often reveal offenses not found in the state files. We will also research one county level search under this request. You can examine the States Covered and a State by State description of coverage.
Price: $62.00
W1 = Account Setup
Setup of online account where reports can be ordered and retrieved. This is a one time fee.
Price: $300.00
D1 = COMPREHENSIVE MANAGER ONLY US or UK DUE DILIGENCE REPORT
Request this report to conduct a due diligence background check on a US or UK based hedge fund manager. Includes identification, some education verifications, regulatory registrations, disciplinary sanctions, fines, assessed properties, address history, full criminal, extensive federal civil, criminal, appellate, and state and local lawsuits, liens, bankruptcies, judgments, and UCC filings research. Extensive media research is conducted including an alternative investment community information services resource, then general Internet research and a search of several national and international news and business publications. SEC public documents are also examined.
Price: $650.00
D2 = COMPREHENSIVE MANAGER AND COMPANY US or UK DUE DILIGENCE REPORT
Request this report to conduct a due diligence background check on a US or UK based hedge fund company and one of the principal managers of the firm. Includes identification, some education verifications, regulatory registrations, disciplinary sanctions, fines, assessed properties, address history, full criminal, extensive federal civil, criminal, appellate, and state and local lawsuits, liens, bankruptcies, judgments, and UCC filings research. Extensive media research is conducted including an alternative investment community information services resource, then general Internet research and a search of several national and international news and business publications. SEC public documents are also examined.
Price: $980.00
D4 = COMPREHENSIVE COMPANY ONLY US or UK DUE DILIGENCE REPORT
Request this report to conduct a due diligence background check on a US or UK based hedge fund company without investigating any of the principal managers of the firm. Includes regulatory registrations, disciplinary sanctions, fines, extensive federal civil, appellate, and state and local lawsuits, liens, bankruptcies, judgments, and UCC filings research. Extensive media research is conducted including an alternative investment community information services resource, then general Internet research and a search of several national and international news and business publications. SEC public documents are also examined.
Price: $330.00
A1 = GOLD MANAGER ONLY US or UK DUE DILIGENCE REPORT
Request this report to conduct a due diligence background check on a US or UK based hedge fund manager. Includes identification, some education verifications, regulatory registrations, disciplinary sanctions, fines, assessed properties, address history, full criminal, extensive federal civil, criminal, appellate, and state and local lawsuits, liens, bankruptcies, judgments, and UCC filings research. Extensive media research is conducted including an alternative investment community information services resource, then general Internet research and a search of several national and international news and business publications. SEC public documents are also examined. In addition, a Deluxe Credentials Verification is performed and the free Watch List service coverage is doubled from two to four years.
Price: $830.00
A2 = GOLD MANAGER AND COMPANY US or UK DUE DILIGENCE REPORT
Request this report to conduct a due diligence background check on a US or UK based hedge fund company and one of the principal managers of the firm. Includes identification, some education verifications, regulatory registrations, disciplinary sanctions, fines, assessed properties, address history, full criminal, extensive federal civil, criminal, appellate, and state and local lawsuits, liens, bankruptcies, judgments, and UCC filings research. Extensive media research is conducted including an alternative investment community information services resource, then general Internet research and a search of several national and international news and business publications. SEC public documents are also examined. In addition, a Deluxe Credentials Verification is performed and the free Watch List service coverage is doubled from two to four years.
Price: $1160.00
D3 = INTERNATIONAL DUE DILIGENCE REPORT
Used to conduct International due diligence on potential business partners, especially on companies and fund managers. Reports vary depending on resident country being investigated. View our Interactive International Map. Includes International World Watch research.
Price: $2000 or as quoted
WW = INTERNATIONAL WORLD WATCH RESEARCH
Our researchers examined watch lists and databases from around the world to identify any adverse information on the subject. This search looks for persons or businesses classified as posing a "heightened risk", including: Politically Exposed Persons (PEP), persons and companies involved in terrorist activities, money-laundering, narco-trafficking or international crime. Known associates of the subject, as well as, corporate affiliations, positions held, biographical information and the reason the subject was placed on a watch list are also revealed. In addition, this research will also identify whether the subject is a known associate or family member of any individual or business identified as a "heightened risk".
Price: selective inclusion
D6 = HONG KONG OR SINGAPORE COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION
Comprehensive Hong Kong research will include:
  • Company records
  • Business Registration
  • Corporate database records
  • Stock Exchange info for listed companies
  • Substantial shareholdings in publicly listed companies
  • SFC enforcement actions
  • Telephone and fax directories
  • Directorships (search by name and ID or Passport no.)
  • Civil litigation (High Court back to 1980, District Courts back to 1988)
  • Judgments (High court)
  • Bankruptcy and winding up petitions back to 1980
  • Limited corporate credit information
  • Credit information on individuals only with signed release form (but not always available)
  • Real property holdings (search by name or address)
  • Car license registration (searchable by license number only)
  • Professional memberships
  • English and Chinese language media
  • Regulatory, financial and industry source interviews
Or in Singapore, our comprehensive research is comprised of the following inquiries:
  • Personal Civil Information
  • Land Authority Property Information
  • Directorships & Shareholder records
  • Review of Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority records
  • Organized Crime Connections
  • Civil litigation
  • Bankruptcy/Insolvency filings
  • Singapore Regulatory registrations and enforcement actions
  • Local media
  • Corporate and personal credit records (where available)
  • Internet research
The report may also include US and/or UK research depending on the manager's history. The quality of our research is improved if we are provided with the subject's Singapore or Hong Kong Identification number from his Identity Card. This is especially true if the subject has a common name. Where possible, we would ask that you obtain the manager's Identification number. The Chinese spelling of his name is also very useful, and can be obtained from a copy of the Identity card. Turn around time is 10 to 15 business days.
Price: $2500.00
D7 = SWITZERLAND BASIC INVESTIGATION
Extensive database checks, board of administration mandates, press reports, and further information to include personal references, date of birth, civil status, marital partner, children, residential addresses, native place of residence, occupational name, place of birth. Particulars concerning the financial situation to include tax figures, real assets, vehicles, also prosecutions, bankruptcy, and other actions. Turn around time is 10 business days.
Price: $2000.00
D8 = SWITZERLAND COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION
Includes everything in the Switzerland Basic report with the addition of much more extensive information, for example particulars concerning the curriculum vitae, current place of employment, extended financial and personal information, personal inspection of properties, surveillance photographs and more. Turn around time is 10 to 15 business days.
Price: $5000.00
G1 = JAPAN BASIC INVESTIGATION
On our subject and his company in Japan we will examine regulatory registrations, corporate registrations, performed a Bankruptcy check, research banned persons listings, conduct a local media search, examine other Business registrations, including a business license check, and perform litigation research. Kanji spellings of Japanese manager names are requested. All information obtained will be translated and the report will be presented in English. Turn around time is 10 business days.
Price: $1500.00
G2 = JAPAN COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION
On our subject and his company in Japan we will examine regulatory registrations, corporate registrations, performed a Bankruptcy check, research banned persons listings, conduct a local media search, research organized crime connections, examine other Business registrations, including a business license check, and perform litigation research. Pretext interviews will be conducted. Other confidential interviews will be conducted to establish an indication of the subject's reputation, and the reputation and particulars of his business. All findings will be presented in an executive summary. Kanji spellings of Japanese manager names are requested. All information obtained will be translated and the report will be presented in English. Ask for our sample report. Turn around time is 10 to 15 business days.
Price: $4500.00
G4 = AUSTRALIA COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION
For Australia due diligence information in regards to financials of individuals and companies, The report includes a list of all companies past and presents, all judgments past and present as well as any criminal judgments past and present, financial background and ratings here in Australia, together with bankruptcies and all other information pertaining to the individuals. We evaluate land registries and titles to produce a list of properties held. Corporate records indicate directorships and shares held. We also include An ASIC search of directors (Australian Securities and Investment Commission) and look for any sanctions or disciplinary actions. Turn around time is 10 to 15 business days.
Price: $1500.00
DUE DILIGENCE ANNUAL UPDATE
Request this report to obtain an annual update on a fund company and/or manager who we had investigated for you in the past. Select Fund Manager and Fund Company Basic Report, or Ongoing Manager Monitoring.
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