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Guardian The Lobbyist

“Yes, Guardian. And since you missed assignments, YOU get to contact Michigan and California to let them know redacting identifying information from criminal records searches helps exactly NO ONE!” Gillian replied.

“Wow, Gillian. You seem a little tense about this. Who cares about Michigan and California? Most of our subjects’ histories are along the east coast.”

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Spotlight: CI Social Committee

Our goal for 2022 is to increase community involvement, partake in more events hosted by CI clients, and to make donations to the companies and organizations meaningful to members of CI. The Social Committee aims every year to make a positive impact on the local community.

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Due Diligence: They Redacted What!?

“It’s okay, Duey.” Prue laughed. “We’ll go to the Detroit Zoo, the Isle Royale National Park, even Lake Michigan!” Duey smiled at Prue. “You’re right, let’s try not to think about it this trip. It’s all about you and me.”

Back at the Fancy Valley and Four Seasons, Justin and Sue were finally able to take some time to look over the final few applicants Sue had up for consideration. They interviewed a handful of employees together and have agreed on the two they felt would be the best fit.

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Nationwide Expungements and Redactions

Expungement means the arrest, court case, and conviction are now treated like they never happened. None of these will appear on a criminal background history check and it cannot be used against an individual when applying for work.

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Guardian & The Sheriffs

“Guardian, I need you to go to the NYS Sheriffs’ Association Winter Conference at The Desmond Hotel. We’re setting up a booth and I will be delayed, so you’ll be on your own for a few hours. Can I trust you to be on your best behavior?”

“I’m stung, Michelle. Am I not always on my best behavior? I will not let you down. I shall print a cheat sheet on light green paper so ours stands out from the many white pages and will bring my new favorite treat.”

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Spotlight: CI Year Rewind

Whew, can you believe that 2021 is almost over!? It has been quite a year not just for us here at CI, but for everyone as well! In June we made the transition from working from home to coming back to the office and boy, did we make the most of it!

With the help of our creative president, Michelle Pyan, and some of our trusty CI staff, they were able to come up with weekly events to honor our return to the office. Each week, starting from the first week of July, we had a fun day planned for us, with the final event in September.

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Due Diligence: Fly Me To The Clink

It was like waking up to a nightmare. A horrible, awful nightmare. While Duey and Prue did not eat any of the drugged Jordan Almonds, many of the guests had taken them home, and some snacked on them while at the wedding.

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Cursory Indicator New York Versus NYS OCA

Commercial Investigations LLC takes pride in using primary source verification to remain compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Cursory Indicator New York (CI NY) was officially released in 2011 after having been in development since 1999, it was created by our very own Michelle Pyan with the help of the New York State Sheriffs’ Association. Exclusive to Commercial Investigations and our clients, it is comparable to the New York State Office of Court Administration (NYS OCA) search for criminal records.

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Guardian’s Travels: Undercover

Guardian packed his bags carefully for this undercover assignment. “Have to look like one of the cool kids so no one knows I’ve never used marijuana. Grab a Brooklyn Nets cap and a box of Cracker Jack. Maybe there’s a tattoo inside that I can put on.”

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Spotlight: Game On!

Competition was heating up as scores were being tallied up quickly. The White Team had the first win of the day, with their win in ladder ball. But the Blue Team was right on their tail...and did not let up!

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Due Diligence: An Affair to Remember

The air was crisp, the scent of leaves and earth with a hint of apple clung to the air. Duey looked up at the cerulean sky dotted with white fluffy clouds with a burgeoning anticipation building in his gut. The day had arrived, he was to marry Prue. Willing with all his might that the day would go off without a hitch.

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Recreational Marijuana and The Workplace

With the legalization of recreational marijuana on the rise, there is much to keep in mind when it comes to background checks. For companies that typically drug test for marijuana, now is the time to become aware of these new regulations.

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Guardian’s Travels: Counterfeiting Exposure

Saturday night is upon us and Guardian makes his way around the third floor. Finally, he sees a dark shadow behind one of the pillars near the elevator. "Must be my guy. My heart is racing, but I must remain calm. Just like Bogie.”

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Spotlight: Community Involvement

At Commercial Investigations LLC one of our core values is to provide positive community involvement through charity and corporate giving with both time and money. Our CI team loves being involved and attending events to show our support (in person).

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Due Diligence: French Twist

Duey was stressed. After running background investigations on five bakers, four caterers, three florists, two officiants, and one hall, everything was booked, everything that is, except the baker. Every one of the five that they had attempted to hire had something come back on their background investigation that was unsavory.

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International Operations

Many of our clients here at Commercial Investigations LLC hire people who have been educated or worked overseas. This requires a whole different means of verification -- sourcing to our third-party that has people operating in each and every country.

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Spotlight: Cyber Investigations™

An applicant’s online presence has become increasingly more important to employers with social media being the easiest and safest way to communicate.

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Due Diligence: You Can’t Eat Your Cake, And Have It Too

A full year had passed since the immediate crisis of the pandemic sent them home, and working separately. Luckily for them the winter had been a harsh one, and one that required a lot of their snow removal services, so they were very busy, and the books looked good.

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Criminal Research and Covid

As we near the one year mark of remote working and the Covid pandemic, CI’s team reflected on the landscape of criminal research over the last 12 months.

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