OSINT · Individuals
The contract is with a person, not a company. The company registry will not tell you who they are
A partner, a tenant, a contractor, a sole trader, a counterparty who happens to be an individual. When the obligation sits with a human being, corporate diligence has nothing to look at. We build the profile from open sources instead: registries, courts, sanctions lists, enforcement proceedings, social media and breach data.
Price after a short brief, fixed before we start. Result in 2–8 hours.
Sample report
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Quick Profile
⏱ 2–3 hours
- Sole-trader status in the corporate registries
- Sanctions screening: NSDC / OFAC / EU / UK
- Debtors registry — open enforcement proceedings
- Basic social media OSINT
- Breach intelligence on the email address and phone number
- Argus Score and a 1–2 page PDF
Recommended
Standard Profile
⏱ 4–6 hours
- Everything in Quick Profile
- Court registry — all proceedings
- E-declarant, NABU and HACC records
- Deep OSINT with photo verification
- Telegram: channels, groups, mentions
- Linked companies where the person is founder or director
- A 3–5 page PDF report with a verdict
Deep Profile
⏱ Depends on scope
- Everything in Standard Profile
- Relationship graph analysis
- Deep breach intelligence
- Phone OSINT across messengers
- War-time compliance
- Digital footprint analysis
- A 6–10 page PDF with an executive summary
We quote the price after a short brief and fix it before work starts.
How it runs
From a name and a phone number to a verdict you can act on
01 · BRIEF
You tell us who and why
A name, and whatever identifiers you already hold — email, phone, a social profile, a registration number. Plus the reason: a contract, a hire, a lease, a deal. The purpose has to be a lawful one, and it shapes what we look for.
02 · COLLECT
Open sources only
Corporate registries, sanctions lists, the debtors registry, the court registry, e-declarant records, social media, Telegram, breach data on the email address and phone number. Nothing that requires hacking, pretexting or paying for closed data.
03 · VERIFY
Same name is not the same person
Photo verification, cross-checks against linked companies where the person is founder or director, and the relationship graph on Deep Profile. Every hit is confirmed or ruled out before it reaches the report.
04 · REPORT
PDF with an Argus Score
One to ten pages depending on the tier, with a risk score, the findings behind it and a straight note on what could not be established from open sources. Deep Profile opens with an executive summary.
Common use cases
When do you need a check on an individual?
- A sole trader before a contract for services
- A candidate for an executive role
- A tenant or a landlord
- A buyer or seller of property
- The beneficiary behind a complex corporate structure
- A business partner or an investor
Questions
Frequently asked
When do I need a check on a person rather than on a company?
Whenever the counterparty is a human being and not a legal entity. A sole trader you are about to sign a contract with, a candidate for an executive role, a tenant or a landlord, a buyer or seller of property, a business partner or investor, and the beneficiary sitting behind a complex corporate structure. In those cases the company registry tells you almost nothing, because the obligation and the risk sit with the individual.
How long does it take?
Quick Profile takes 2-3 hours and Standard Profile 4-6 hours. Deep Profile is scoped on request, because the timing depends on how many jurisdictions and connected entities the relationship graph reaches. The 2-8 hour window quoted at the top of this page covers the two fixed tiers.
Which sources do you actually use?
Open ones only. Corporate registries for sole-trader status, the sanctions lists of the NSDC, OFAC, the EU and the UK, the debtors registry with enforcement proceedings, the court registry, the e-declarant database along with NABU and HACC records, social media and Telegram, linked companies where the person is founder or director, and breach intelligence on the email address and the phone number.
Is this legal, and what are you not willing to do?
Argus Intel works exclusively with publicly available information. We do not hack accounts, we do not impersonate anyone, and we do not buy data from closed databases. When you order, you confirm a lawful purpose: business protection, due diligence or fraud prevention. The service cannot be used for harassment or blackmail, and we decline requests that look like either.
What do I receive at the end?
A PDF report: 1-2 pages for Quick Profile, 3-5 pages with a verdict for Standard Profile, and 6-10 pages with an executive summary for Deep Profile. Each carries an Argus Score, a risk read on the individual with the findings behind it, and a plain statement of what we could not establish from open sources. A clean result is a result too, and it is documented as such.
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Argus Intel uses exclusively publicly available information. The client confirms a lawful purpose: business protection, due diligence, or fraud prevention. The service must not be used for harassment or blackmail. This is intelligence analysis, not legal advice — your counsel decides what to do with the findings.
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