Background Search By A Private Investigator

In Singapore, if you'd like to hire a private investigator to do a background search, here's what you can expect.

by Singapore Best Private Investigators

What is a background search?

A background check is a process a person or company uses to verify that an individual is who they claim to be, and this provides an opportunity to check and confirm the validity of someone's criminal record, education, employment history, and other activities from their past.

The frequency, purpose, and legitimacy of background checks vary among countries, industries, and individuals. An employment background check typically takes place when someone applies for a job, but it can also happen at any time the employer deems necessary.

A variety of methods are used to complete these checks including comprehensive database search and personal references.

How do private investigators conduct background investigations?

Making a deep background investigation of potential employees is an integral part of the hiring process that can benefit your company in many ways. Consider hiring a professional background investigation firm, since the entire process requires more than just punching names into databases. A professional background check involves analyzing information for omissions, inconsistencies, or misrepresentations. The check also goes beyond raising red flags and is a crucial component in getting the entire picture of any individual or company you are about to conduct business with.

Although most times, you can handle matters on your own, some situations are best left to a background investigator (PI) or agency. For the PI, background information is crucial when he or she is trying to:

• Ascertain the whereabouts, credibility, identity, or conduct of an individual or company

• Get further information on potential employees, lovers, or business partners

• Check the legitimacy of investment opportunities

• Research a threat, wrongdoing, or crime

• Ascertain the cause of accidents, property damage, or fires

• Protect the integrity of your information, people close to you, assets, property, and business premise

• Recover stolen or lost property

• Verify employee claims in a workers’ compensation claim

• Interrogate witnesses or during the investigation of a scene

• Access public database records

• Debug your home or office

Types of background checks

There are many types of background investigations available to you as an employer. Listed below are the different kinds of background checks that you can run before you hire a potential candidate:

1. Employment background investigations

Although rarely used, employment application accuracy investigations will help you unveil all the places a candidate has lied in his or her application. The check will help reveal which tasks, salary, and more on the potential candidate’s CV are true.

2. DMV records

Since some jobs will require driving, it is pertinent that you check the DMV records of your potential employees before you hand over the car keys. If he or she has more than 10 outstanding speeding tickets, that is a red flag that something is wrong.

3. Calling former bosses

Not all private checks are carried out on paper. It is critical that you take the initiative to call your potential employee’s former bosses to ascertain the roles he played in their organizations. Other things you are likely to learn to include the candidate’s work ethic as well as reasons why they were fired or quit.

4. Criminal record check

A criminal record investigation will help you learn whether a potential employee has ever been convicted of a crime that is directly related to your firm. A criminal check is especially crucial if the employee will be working with children, customers, patients, or the public.

5. Credit report check

Although restricted by state and federal law, checking credit reports is permitted and recommended for some employment situations.

Possible reasons for conducting a background check

Despite the increase in background checking and surveillance for the pre-employment screening for potential candidates, there is an increase in the demand from clients for background checks on particular staff, business partners, suppliers, vendors, maids, and even though students from the education institution.

We mainly serve our following clients in locally, Singapore which is related to investigation-related cases.

Business and corporation
Education Institution
Insurance companies
Suppliers and Vendor
Individual

What does a background investigation report include?

The extent of screening and background checks will depend on the individual requirement and the rate will vary on a case basis. Following are some aspects of screening areas that are commonly applied:

1. Identity verification ( Business/ Personal)

Confirmation of the basic identity such as name, DOB, business/ corporation registration ( ACRA), and Singapore address.

2. Name/Address history.

Identify the history of past addresses used by the subject/ corporation and trace back the possibility of past records and history.

3. Criminal Check.

There are some organizations required to carry out a background check on criminals although the staff has been declared as the additional security in the roles on the post and in the company.

4. Surveillance

There are cases when the client is suspected their employee or student is moonlighting or performing illegal offenses, private investigation on surveillance of the particular person will be adopted.

Conclusion on Background Checks

Background checking is not a fully proven method as there are gaps and grey boundaries for the availability and reliability of the sources. The time frame of investigation and data update will also affect the accuracy of the finding. However, it serves as initial protection and with a combination of physical surveillance will further ascertain the evidence collected is reliable.

Our recent assignment to check on the air-conditioning company supervisor that taking the company resources to do his freelance job has been caught and recorded. All this are able to be done secretly with our experience and train detector.

If you're looking for an experienced PI to help solve your case or if you need some advice on an ongoing case, you may contact Asia Top Investigation at vt@asiatopinvestigation.com or 📱 +65 8820 0007