Corporate intelligence verification services

Corporate Intelligence (“CI”) Verification Services provides a defensive capability to our clients. The information gathered assists our clients by placing more pertinent information in their hands when they come to taking important business decisions. Equally, this information can assist businesses in identifying persons and businesses that seek to harm them through theft and fraud.

The main focus of our services is prevention, by assisting our clients before they take a particular action, as opposed to the detection of problems after the fact, which problems would then fall within the ambit of other forensic services.

Investigative due diligence

This product deals with the collection and analysis of data concerning the trustworthiness and business conduct of companies and individuals with whom business relations are planned or already exist. This includes, as far as applicable, an investigation into further investments and holdings of the individual or company, and possibly those of its directors and shareholders.

Information verified could include:

 

Companies
  • Credit analysis and financial strength;
  • Business history and reputation;
  • Registered name of vendor and trading name;
  • Listed business and email addresses and telephone numbers;
  • Company registration number;
  • Tax registration and validity of tax number;
  • Board of Directors;
  • Shareholders;
  • Independent auditors;
  • Civil judgements and past litigation;
  • Banking details and credit rating;
  • Regulatory compliance;
  • Relevant press reports; and
  • Site visit and photo.
Directors
  • Confirmation of name, birthdate, ID number;
  • Citizenship and/or residence status;
  • Civil judgements/sequestration/litigation/defaults;
  • Current and past residential/business addresses;
  • Details of any properties/assets owned by the subject;
  • Directorships/memberships held;
  • Qualification verification;
  • Professional memberships;
  • Banking details were known;
  • Personal history and reputation
  • Criminal records/links to organised crime; and
  • Relevant press reports.

We are also able to obtain corporate records and business information on companies from around the world, including offshore jurisdictions. We establish ownership of properties, vehicles, boats and air-crafts worldwide. We focus on the identification of assets.

This goes beyond the level of the ordinary background report and could involve work on the ground by an accredited CI professional in the country concerned at additional costs.

Background search reports

We conduct basic background checks on entities and individuals for investigative support and credit verification on our online databases as follows:

Company searches
  • Registered name of company and trading name;
  • Listed business and email addresses and telephone numbers;
  • Company registration number;
  • Details of name changes
  • Details of directors/members;
  • Shareholders;
  • Independent auditors;
  • Audited financial statements of listed companies;
  • Civil judgements and past litigation;
  • Banking details and credit rating;
  • Registered property; and
  • Any relevant press reports.
Individual searches
  • Name of name, birth date/ID number;
  • Verification of ID number
  • Citizenship/residence status;
  • Details of spouse
  • Current and past residential addresses or current business address;
  • Civil judgements/sequestrations/defaults/litigation
  • Details of any properties/assets owned by the subject;
  • Directorships/memberships held;
  • Banking details where known; and
  • Any relevant press reports.

In addition to the above we further offer qualification verification services and criminal history checks.