Life is all about relationships — and wisely choosing the ones with whom you walk. One mistake can be unimaginably costly, as so many have found out. Whether you’re hiring a CEO or an entry-level employee, considering a new business partner or important vendor, buying or selling a company, a thorough background investigation is indispensable.
The greatest threat to any organization always comes from insiders. Criminal and civil statistics as well as our decades of experience bear out this axiomatic fact. It therefore stands to reason that competent background investigations must be an integral part of the checks and balances in place to safeguard any organization.
The background check industry has been plagued for many years by amateur work, incomplete data, misrepresentations and more. Most companies simply do not realize the complexity involved in getting all the facts. Online, database-based checks often only show the tip of the iceberg. And individuals will go to great lengths to hide objectionable information. One missing fact will have you placing trust where it is not due, associating with the wrong person, often over long periods of time and to greatly damaging effect. Most of what passes as a background check only instills a false confidence. It is all too common for clients having trouble with individuals to have previously run background checks on those individuals that erroneously came back clean.
At PSA, we employ seasoned former state and federal investigators, not clerks, to sign off on background investigations. We have located and apprehended top-ten FBI fugitives and international terrorists, money laundered by organized crime worldwide, and solved complex Wall Street white collar cases. If an individual has something to hide — anytime in the past and anywhere in the world — we will find it. We take on complex background investigations involving obfuscated assets, aliases, multiple countries and more. But the background checks we routinely conduct include the following:
- Pre-employment screening of employees
- Pre-employment investigations of executives
- Background checks on potential business partners and vendors
- Mergers & acquisitions due diligence
- Background checks on parties in a law suit
- Background checks on potential life partners
- Background investigations on foreign companies, institutions and other entities
Stop risking everything you worked for on misleading information. Trust your background investigations to PSA and enjoy the peace of mind you deserve.
