Search for politically exposed persons

Middesk offers Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) screening to help you identify businesses that have increased risk and may need additional due diligence and screening. Middesk identifies if the submitted and retrieved officers on a business are PEP, or if any of their relatives or close associates is a PEP.

Types of hits

There are two types of PEP that can increase risk to a business:

• Direct hits. If the officer of the business is politically exposed. Middesk indicates a higher risk status for direct hits than for someone who is associated with a PEP.
• Relatives and close associates. If someone the officer knows or is related to is politically exposed. These are important to identify since a PEP may act through a relative or close associate to commit financial crimes.

Along with including the results of the PEP search in an API response, Middesk also indicates the type of hit.

To understand the results returned from a PEP screening, see the Politically exposed persons reference.

How to order PEP screening

PEP screening is included in the Enhanced Screenings product, which requires a completed Verify order. You can order both together as a bundle or sequentially.

$
curl -X POST https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses \
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  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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    "name": "Acme Corporation",
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    "addresses": [
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      {
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        "address_line1": "123 Main Street",
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        "city": "San Francisco",
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        "state": "CA",
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        "postal_code": "94105"
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      }
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    ],
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    "orders": [
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      { "product": "business_verification_verify" },
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      { "product": "enhanced_screenings" }
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    ]
>
  }'