1. Should We Be Conducting Federal Criminal
Record Searches?
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 CEO SHS
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 Breaking the Cycle
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5. Federal vs. State Courts
2 Kinds of courts in the
U.S.
 State
 County Courts
 Municipal Courts
 City Courts
 Federal Courts
 89 U.S. District Courts

6. State Courts
 State, City Municipal
 Crimes against the state
 Examples:
 Domestic violence
 DUI
 Murder
 More than 90% of
criminal records

7. Federal Courts
 89 U.S. District Courts in 50
states
 Violations of the U.S.
Constitution
 Investigated by federal law
enforcement & federal
prosecutors
 Ex. FBI, DEA, ATF, Secret
Service
 5-6% of criminal records

8. Who has used federal search in past?
 Financial institutions
 Banks
 Credit unions
 Savings & Loan, etc.
 Executive level positions
 Was considered a “white
collar” crime

9. Why should you add to your package?
 Low hit ratio….
 But serious offenses
 More crimes being pushed
into federal courts
 Cross state lines
 Use of internet

10. Examples of federal crimes
 Mail Fraud  White Collar
 Bankruptcy fraud
 Kidnapping
 Insurance fraud
 Tax Evasion
 Money laundering
 Cyber Crimes  Embezzlement
 Online predators
 Violent Crime & Major Theft
 Internet fraud
 Bank robbery
 Identity Theft
 Crimes against children
 Public Corruption  Gangs
 Civil Rights  Drug Trafficking
 Hate crimes
 Human trafficking

11. Why the federal courts?
 Crosses state lines
 Proliferation of internet
 State sentencing guidelines
 2 days reduced for every 1 day
served
 9 yr sentence = 3yrs or less
 Federal sentencing guidelines
 Day for day
 9 yrs = 9 yrs

12. Recent Federal Criminal Case Studies
 School financial
administrator
 Embezzled $100K
 Not in “national” search
 CFO small business
 Federal conviction
 Ponzi scheme to defraud
government while a police
officer
 Physician
 Federal conviction
 Child pornography

13. Key Takeaways…
Federal crimes….
 Not just white collar
 Increasing fequency
 Internet
 Transient society
 Very inexpensive
search

14. Can Federal Searches Be Added to Our
Package?
 $3 to add to package
 Can be added within minutes
 SHS has direct integration
with Federal Courts

15. Questions?
 If you want to add federal searches contact me
me:
mike.mccarty@safehiringsolutions.com
888-215-8296
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