QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Violations of Law by Informants - ✔✔Unauthorized violations of law are not
acceptable with informants. Immediately contact AUSA if violation occurs. ONLY
authorized violation of law under the agents direction (Otherwise Illegal Activity).
✔✔When do you document informants? - ✔✔ALWAYS. All of your informants, and any
contacts with them, should be documented in accordance with your agency's policy
✔✔Informant files and contents - ✔✔Typically informants are assigned a number for
identification; each file contains information about a single informant; stored in a secure
location by a supervisor. (Fingerprints; photographs; copies of identifying documents;
suitability factor information; most important: documentation of all information.)
✔✔Corroborating informant info - ✔✔· The controlling agent should always document
what actions were taken to corroborate an informant's information, even if the informant
has been reliable
- Use of other informants
- Informant testing
✔✔Termination / Deactivation of informant - ✔✔· Reasons to terminate/deactivate:
- Informant knowingly provided false info
, - Refuses to follow instructions
- Failure
· Told he/she is no longer an informant
· Reasons for the termination should dbe documented and distributed according to
agency policy
· Recommendation about future use by the controlling agent (Burn List)
· Thanked if appropriate and warned about discussing
✔✔Metasearch - ✔✔Metasearch means instead of getting results from one search
engine you will be getting- the best combined results from a variety of engines- and not
just engines but industry leading engines like google yahoo search, live search and
ask.com
✔✔Guidestar.org - ✔✔Guidestar gathers and publicizes information about non-profit
organizations. Access to the non-profit orgs. Access to the non-profits irs form 990
which is required to be filed annuals, is also available
✔✔Archive.org - ✔✔Wayback machine
✔✔County probate records (indexes) - ✔✔· Lists administrators, guardians and
beneficiaries concerning trusts, wills and inventories of estates
✔✔Limited Liability Company - ✔✔· A business structure allow by state statute where
owners have limited personal liability for the debts and actions of the LLC
✔✔Secretary of state records - ✔✔· Identification information on all corporations
incorporated or doing business in the state.. such records will show
o Corporate officers or general partner
o Address
o Date of incorporation
o Registered agent
o Current standing
o Corporation list- annual filings
o Info on partnerships and professional associations formed or doing business in the
state
✔✔Uniform commercial code (UCC) index - ✔✔- Made at county level
- Liens secured by personal property (all property not considered real estate).filings
record loans made to individuals or businesses for the purchase of equipment, furniture,
automobiles, and other types of personal property.
- -Name identifiers (SSN)
- Lines of credit by banks or corps
- Associates
- Name of debtors
- Undisclosed assets (auto, jewlery, art, furs etc)