News & Articles of Interest

From the NY Times WASHINGTON — The man accused of killing nine people in a historically black church in South Carolina last month was able to buy the gun used in the attack because of a breakdown in the federal gun background check system, the F.B.I. said...

Read this article on SEC.gov. SEC Charges Unregistered Brokers in EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C., June 23, 2015 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two firms that illegally brokered more than $79 million of...

MORRISVILLE, N.C., DATE – The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS®) announced today that ActiveTracks is now a member. For Immediate Release                                           Media Contact:  Kendall Gill  VP Sales                  ...

From Securities Compliance Sentinel / Fox Rothschild So who really thinks the SEC is not focused on elder investors BY JOSHUA HORN ON JUNE 25, 2015 POSTED IN BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY, BROKER-DEALER REGULATION, COMPLIANCE AND SUPERVISION, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, FINRA...

Background Check Consumer Protection Group ConcernedCRAs.com Grows to 200 Firms. Employment background screening firms participating in Concerned CRAs pledge to verify the accuracy of information provided and avoid offshoring Americans’ personal information....

Excerpted from modernhealthcare.com Medicaid to subject providers to criminal background checks starting Aug. 1By Virgil Dickson  | June 3, 2015WASHINGTON—Starting Aug. 1, providers considered at “high risk” for defrauding state Medicaid programs will undergo a...

ActiveTracks offers Degree Verification for just this reason. Call us to discuss how our screening services can help you avoid job candidates or business partners who have blatantly lied about (or embellished) their educational history. Watch the Rossen Report and...

Excerpted from SEC.gov: Washington D.C., June 3, 2015 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today warned investors to thoroughly check the claimed credentials of people soliciting their investments to ensure they are not falsifying, exaggerating, or hiding facts...

Excerpted from SEC.gov: Investor Alert: Beware of False or Exaggerated Credentials  06/03/2015 The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) is issuing this Investor Alert to warn investors that fraudsters may misrepresent their backgrounds and experience...

Excerpted from investmentnews.com "The Securities and Exchange Commission filed two cases Wednesday against purported investment advisers who falsified their credentials. In a related investor alert, the regulator warned of such misrepresentation and suggested the...