Recently, we have been working with two business owners regarding what they believed were sealed or expunged criminal records. These cases had very different outcomes. In the first scenario, a financial institution scrutinized a business owner when he applied for a significant loan. A background check was conducted as part of the evaluation process, and […]
There is a bizarre phenomenon in the due diligence background investigation space: lying or omitting information on a background check questionnaire. In this post, we lay out how a private equity firm …
There’s really only one real reason you shouldn’t be doing bank searches: They are not legal, except in the tiny fraction of cases when they are. Sure, there may be some ethical grey areas …
Dozens of websites offer background checks for a few dollars. And if you haven’t had the pleasure, you can google “background check” and get ready to be bombarded. Go ahead. We’ll wait. Most of the dozens of services offered by these firms are for things like tenant screenings and run-of-the-mill pre-employment backgrounds. The firms do […]
Thanks to a recommendation from Hal Humphreys at PI Education, I got a chance to listen to the Bone Valley podcast a few weeks ago while I was driving through Arizona. It’s nine episodes (nine-plus hours) of pure entertainment that fit perfectly into my weeklong saunter from Phoenix to Sedona to the Grand Canyon and […]
Learn investigative techniques and hard to find resources and tips.
“One of the absolute best blogs in the investigative industry.” ~ Hal Humphreys, Pursuit Magazine
© Copyright – 2026 – Diligentia Group Inc.
Diligentia Group Inc.
© 2026 Copyright