To more nave minds, Intelius easily passes off as a private-eye company. Granted, Intelius does snoop around, but there is more to the company than playing the digital sleuth.

Whereas snoops oft-step on privacy just to get coveted information, Intelius primarily sources its intelligences from public records. These are data anyone could obtain on their own, info easily retrievable from the nearest courthouse, DOC, AOC, telephone directory, and other public agencies of repute.

Considering the sheer number of agencies housing such data, retrieving public intelligences could be a tedious exercise entailing one to crisscross the heart of America. Intelius believes that nobody has to reckon with the tedium of the pursuit of information for public consumption.

Intellius can retrieve the proper documents and records verifying information associated with a name, like a person’s history of criminal convictions, sex offenses, felonies, misconducts, bankruptcies, liens, judgments, small claims, mortgages, and addresses. The company also has an eye on the person’s list of properties, professional licenses, and even neighbors. All data herein holds true for almost any name, notwithstanding whether the person is dead or alive, so long as he or she has lived in the US.

In turn, Intelius offers such data as a string of services, as identity theft prevention measures even. At Intelius.com, HR professionals, companies, and consumers can purchase background reports, criminal checks, and employment verification tools.

Users can expose, for instance, the identities of prank callers and similar harassers through its cell phone caller ID service. Additionally, users can get in contact with their long-lost associates and comrades via the Intellius people search program.

However, Intelius limits its intelligences to people. The company does not search out companies just yet.

Intelius’ headquarters are in Bellevue, Washington. The company operates under founder and CEO Naveen Jain.

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