Private Investigations and Skip Tracing

Can ALMA help me with a private investigation?

Yes, we offer private investigation services and skip tracing services.

Private investigations cost $125 an hour in Maryland and $350 an hour anywhere else in the country. Private investigations include staking out an individual outside of their property or workplace in order to serve them a legal document or to simply monitor their activities.

If you need help simply locating an individual, we can also run a skip trace search and identify the most current residential address on file for that individual. The Standard Skip tracing services (address reports) cost $65 and the Comprehensive Skip tracing services (includes address history, known relatives, SSNs, DOBs, criminal history, assets, vehicle title and license plate search) cost $125.

Please note these services can only be used in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative, or arbitral proceeding, in any federal, state, or local court or agency, or before any self-regulatory body, including the service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and the execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an order of a federal, state, or local court.

ALMA utilizes one of the top investigative platforms in the United States of America. It's important to note that none of the leading investigative platforms can guarantee 100% accuracy. Information sometimes can be missing, incorrect, or outdated. The information that we receive in each report is entirely dependent on outside vendors who supply the investigative platform with their information. The platform uses a software to try to determine the most accurate results. Sometimes one vendor will supply information that is mismatched with another vendor. And the program does its best to consolidate this information. 

Information used for investigative purposes is taken from various sources such as banks/credit unions, collection agencies, consumer data resellers, data analytics providers, data brokers, financial technology companies, government agencies, identity verification companies, insurance agencies, internet service providers, marketing companies, operating systems, retail merchants, social networks, utility providers and even parties to litigation. Our preferred investigative platform attempts to consolidate this information and identify the information that appears to be most consistent and current, but it's not 100%.

We can provide a comprehensive skip trace report that will provide employment information; however, it will not catch banking institutions. The comprehensive report includes possible employers and other assets like property deeds, assessments, foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcy records, and vehicle records. It also includes corporate UCC filings, US corporate and business affiliations, liens, aircraft records, and past judgments against the individual. This comprehensive report costs $125 per individual.

We do offer Statewide Bank Account searches and Nationwide Bank Account searches; however, they are much more expensive. We would require an official Judgement for all bank account searches. There is an hourly fee ($130/hour) for this type of investigation in case the investigation takes longer than an hour.

The Nationwide Bank Account search costs $450. If we are successful the Nationwide Bank Account search costs $875. It costs $875 to successfully identify and locate bank accounts nationwide. It's $450 to run the nationwide bank account search. If we do not locate any bank account nationally for an individual or business then we charge $450. If we can find a bank account nationwide then its $875.

If we cannot locate a bank account statewide the Statewide Bank account search will still cost $400. If we are successful the Statewide Bank Account search costs $650.

We can also perform corporate EIN searches for $250.

FBI Background Reports

Can you help me obtain an FBI Background Report?

Yes, we can help you obtain an FBI Background Report. We can connect you to the right sources. Just note that you will have to contact the FBI or an FBI approved channeler yourself and submit any required information to them. This applies to most other federal documents.

We suggest getting your FBI Background Report through one of the many approved FBI channelers at https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/compact-council/list-of-approved-channelers. We highly recommend FBI channeler National Background Check Inc.

When submitting your application for an FBI Background Report you will need the following:

1) A United States mobile phone number. This will be used to obtain the security pin needed to access results and must be able to receive text messages.

2) A valid email address that belongs to the applicant or the applicant’s attorney

3) A United States or US Territory mailing address (if requesting mailed results). Results may only be mailed within the United States or its territories to the applicant or the applicant’s attorney.

4) Get fingerprinted at the channelers livescan service provider or submit fingerprint cards via mail.