Frequently Asked Questions

Dependent on the product, MDI guarantees that information provided to Customer about a given Subject is accurate as of the date it was verified by MDI. Please view our services page for further details.

Our only focus is skiptracing, determining place of employment, and locating personal and commercial bank accounts.

In 1981, Mike Dores opened his first skip tracing business, Merlin Investigations, in Los Angeles. Mike has been skip tracing and providing data to investigators ever since. Having conducted or supervised over 50,000 skip trace assignments, Mike is recognized and respected as an industry expert. He is frequently called upon to train Skiptracers and speak at seminars. The MDI staff have over 50 years of combined skip tracing and investigations experience and are licensed as Private Investigators in Training.

Skiptrace Hit Rate: 60%-80%. Factors that affect hit rate include the type of job, how much identifying information is provided, how common the subject’s name is, and/or who else has already worked the job. Bank Search Hit Rate: 45%-50%. There is no charge if we do not return results. Place of Employment Hit Rate: 30%-50%. If “no-hit” MDI’s charge is $35. This charge is waived if you submit a certain volume of assignments each month.

No. To comply with federal privacy statutes, we only provide the bank name and ABA number.

MDI strives to accommodate your timeframe. Just let us know your requirements when you place the assignment. If you need expedited service (24-72 hour turnaround), we may charge from $50 up to a 50% surcharge. Priority Rush can be added to any available product.

Once you’ve completed our Service Agreement, e-mail your assignment to skiptracers@mdiverify.com or send us a fax to 877-314-2824. Please do not include Social Security numbers in your request. Just let us know that you have this information and we’ll call you. We also will accept new assignments via our ftp site. If you use this options, you can include full SSNs as ftp transfer is fully secure.