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Federal criminal background checks uncover federal crime case information from one of the 94 Federal District Courts nationwide.

Verified Credentials offers a specific federal district search or a search of all federal districts in a state or multiple states.

Federal searches are ideal for:

Employees with access to secure or financial information
C-level executives
CPAs
Financial and banking staff
Public sector employees

Federal checks can reveal:

White-collar crimes
Fraud
Embezzlement
Tax evasion
Capital punishments
Robbery
Kidnapping
Illegal sale of firearms
Pornographic exploitation of children

The difference between "national" and "federal" in background checks

You don’t want to wrongly identify what service will get you the background information needed. We have seen some employers have difficulty deciphering labels for a few searches in particular, best summed up with a central question.

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While they may sound the same, these two types of searches are distinct.

Federal criminal searches report information from federal district courts and contain only specific high-level, white-collar crimes and crimes that cross state lines.
The National Criminal Database compiles information from thousands of sources at the county, state and federal levels.

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Federal crimes are tried at the highest level of the government for the commission or omission of an act defined by Federal statute or regulation having legislative authority with Congress. County criminal searches identify crimes against local laws, which include more common criminal offenses.

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White-collar crimes include cases involving capital punishments, fraud and embezzlement. Crimes such as tax evasion, robbery, kidnapping, illegal sale of firearms, pornographic exploitation of children, and intrastate crimes are also classified as white collar. These types of crimes are typically found only in a federal criminal search.