Broker profile

InmatesSearcher

  • People Search
  • Truth Now LLC network
  • MC2-linked 2024 leak

An inmate-lookup and people-search subscription running the Truth Now LLC platform, which serves one identical codebase from one server to Check Secrets, SealedRecords.net and PeopleSearchUSA.org. Truth Now's own California filing names a differently spelled domain rather than this one, so the tie here is the shared code rather than the paperwork. Free previews tease your age, city, and family members' names; the full report runs $1 for a trial, then $49.94 a month until canceled. Truth Now settled a putative class action over exactly those previews in 2023, for the named plaintiff alone.

InmatesSearcher homepage screenshot

InmatesSearcher overview

At a glance

Quick facts
Privacy Risk
LimitedModerateSubstantialExtensive
Data published
Extensive
Re-listing frequency
Recurring
Complaint record
No public record
Opt-out friction
Severe
Operator opacity
Mostly disclosed
Prior data incidents
Major breach

Each broker is scored 1 to 4 across the six dimensions above; higher means more exposure, and the overall gauge is their average.

A confirmed prior data leak holds the overall rating at Substantial or higher; a major or repeat breach forces Extensive, regardless of the other five dimensions.

What each dimension means
  • Data published: how much and how sensitive the personal data they put out.
  • Re-listing frequency: how quickly you reappear after opting out.
  • Complaint record: the volume and pattern of complaints across BBB, Trustpilot, and Sitejabber. No listing, or a listing with no reviews, counts against the broker.
  • Opt-out friction: how hard the removal process is to complete.
  • Operator opacity: how hidden the operating company and its principals are.
  • Prior data incidents: history of breaches or leaks of the data they hold.
Category

Inmate lookup · people search · background reports

Linked company

Truth Now LLC · named by the site, not by any filing

Address

3746 Foothill Blvd #7060 Glendale, CA 91214

Truth Now's CA registration

#542880 · Truth Now LLC · names a differently spelled domain, not this one

Pricing

$1 trial · $49.94/mo after 7 days

Sister sites

checksecrets.com · sealedrecords.net · peoplesearchusa.org

Backend network

MC2 Data · 15 brands · 2024 leak

Opt-out

On-site form + email verification · free · search failing when walked 2026-08-10

FCRA covered?

No · its terms disclaim consumer-reporting use

Background

Background

Site history

InmatesSearcher wraps a standard people-search subscription in incarceration branding, covering person search, phone search, and inmate lookups against "millions of public records and social network data." Enter a name and the free preview shows the subject's age, city and state, and family members' names - the teaser that pulls visitors into the $1 trial, which converts to $49.94 a month seven days later and, per the terms, is non-refundable.

Linked company

Truth Now LLC (CA entity 202022510646) · no filing names this domain

BBB principal

Mark Smith

Domain registered

Jul 23, 2020

Support

(855) 512-1119 · Sun-Sat 8am-11pm ET

Cancellation

Phone or email · confirmation number required

Arbitration

AAA · Miami, FL · class-action waiver

InmatesSearcher sits in a four-site brand family alongside Check Secrets, SealedRecords.net, and PeopleSearchUSA.org, the three domains Truth Now LLC's California filing does name, and the four share one Glendale mailbox address and one privacy-policy template with only the brand name and phone number swapped. They also share one server, since all four domains serve a byte-identical app from the same IP.

Truth Now's California data-broker registration names three of those four outright. In the fourth slot it lists inmatesearcher.com, spelled with a single "s", and that domain is a live but unrelated inmate-locator directory sitting on entirely different infrastructure - not this site. It reads like a typo in the registrant's own filing, but nothing on the record says so, which means InmatesSearcher's place in the family rests on the shared backend and template rather than on the state naming it. A re-check on 2026-08-18 showed that this domain serves a page MD5-identical to Check Secrets' from the same IP address, while the single-"s" domain answers from a different address entirely, runs WordPress behind an ad network, and names no connection to Truth Now anywhere in its privacy policy. The CCPA metrics table in the site's own privacy policy reports 111,614 opt-out requests processed in calendar 2025 with a one-day median.

InmatesSearcher's records were also in the MC2 Data leak of 2024. Security researcher JayeLTee found a passwordless server whose user records mapped to 15 people-search brands, with its initial admin accounts on @mc2data.com addresses, and DataBreaches.net published the brand list with inmatessearcher.com on it. Cybernews, which broke the story, counted 106,316,633 exposed records and named five of the brands. What no filing documents is the formal relationship between Truth Now LLC and MC2 Data, LLC; the link is the shared backend, template, and opt-out infrastructure.

Cancellation has a trap. The terms state that without a cancellation confirmation number "your account was not canceled" - reviewers across the family report $49-a-month charges continuing after they believed they'd canceled. Get the number, and dispute with your card issuer if charges continue.

Data Published

Data types

8 categories

Sensitive: elevated identity-theft, doxxing, or safety riskStandard public-record field

  • Full names, including family members shown in free previews
  • Age and city/state of residence (shown free, no account needed)Sensitive
  • Current and past home addressesSensitive
  • Phone numbers
  • Incarceration and inmate recordsSensitive
  • Criminal history in full reportsSensitive
  • Names of relatives and associatesSensitive
  • Social network data aggregated into reports

The free preview is itself the exposure. Your age, city, and relatives' names render to anyone who types your name - no payment, no account. That preview is what Gaul v. Truth Now, a putative class action, targeted, and it's still how the funnel works today.

Contact

Contacts & links

Documented channels
Linked company

Truth Now LLC · named by the site, not by any filing

Address

Truth Now LLC, ATTN: InmatesSearcher Privacy 3746 Foothill Blvd #7060 Glendale, CA 91214

Support phone

(855) 512-1119 · Sun-Sat 8am-11pm ET

Truth Now's CA registration

#542880 · Truth Now LLC · does not name this domain

Network

Sister brands

15 brands, five fronts

InmatesSearcher runs Truth Now LLC's platform - identical code, one server, one mailbox - without appearing on the four-domain California filing itself, which names a differently spelled inmatesearcher.com in the slot you would expect this site to hold. Per the California data-broker registry, the wider MC2 Data network files through five LLC fronts - Truth Now (Check Secrets, SealedRecords, PeopleSearchUSA), The People Searchers (peoplesearcher.com, secretinfo.org), Private Records (privaterecords.net, PeopleSearch123, Background Checkers, PersonSearchers), We Inform (weinform.org, truthrecord.org), and Infomatics (PrivateReports, MugshotLook, PublicSearcher). That is fourteen domains on file, and this unfiled site makes fifteen. The brand list researchers pulled out of the leak also runs to fifteen, and it's the same fifteen domains. Each of the names above links to its profile, and privaterecords.net is the only one we don't cover.

One opt-out per brand, one record per request. The operator's own FAQ says removing yourself and a spouse takes two separate requests, and suppression is not confirmed to propagate between brands - even the ones Truth Now runs on the same server. Work through each site that lists you.

No documented owner for InmatesSearcher22 entities in this networkExplore the full map

Reputation

Trust signals

Thin, scattered footprint

InmatesSearcher's own review footprint is nearly empty - no Trustpilot page, zero reviews on SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber), a young BBB file with no complaints. The operator's record lives under its other names. Truth Now LLC's file carries five complaints, and the sister-template operator The People Searchers LLC carries 21, with the same theme throughout - $1 trials converting to ~$50 monthly charges people didn't knowingly authorize.

Better Business BureauInmate Searcher · file opened Feb 2026 · no complaints yetB+As of 2026-08View profile ↗
BBB (operator)Truth Now LLC (operator) · not accredited · 5 complaints in 3 yearsA-As of 2026-08View profile ↗
SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber)Listing exists · zero reviewsNo reviewsAs of 2026-08Check SmartCustomer ↗
  • $1 trial converting to ~$49.94-$49.97 monthly charges without clear consent

  • Cancellations that don't stick without a confirmation number

  • Charges from a site name the cardholder doesn't recognize

  • Opt-out requests that didn't process on the first attempt

Don't confuse it with inmatesearcher.com (single "s") - that's an unrelated free inmate locator. Reviews floating around for that domain don't describe this company, in either direction.

Litigation

Litigation history

Individual settlement

InmatesSearcher's operator has been to federal court over this exact site - and the shared backend it runs on drew breach class actions that were dismissed in 2025.

Gaul v. Truth Now LLC

Settled · dismissed Aug 1, 2023

C.D. Illinois · No. 1:21-cv-01314 · Filed Nov 2021

Claim

Free-preview teasers used identities to sell subscriptions

Motion to dismiss

Denied in full, Aug 24, 2022

Resolution

Individual settlement · dismissed with prejudice

A putative class action brought by Bursor & Fisher and Edelson PC over InmatesSearcher's free previews - name, age, city, relatives - which the complaint framed as using Illinois residents' identities to sell subscriptions. The claim was brought under the Illinois Right of Publicity Act, as the opinion denying dismissal states. Judge Shadid denied Truth Now's motion to dismiss on all six grounds, including CDA §230 and the First Amendment; the parties settled and the case was dismissed with prejudice on August 1, 2023, without releasing absent class members' claims. The preview funnel it challenged still runs.

Bujok, Jones & Smart v. MC2 Data, LLC

Dismissed Feb 6, 2025 · no class certified

S.D. Florida · Three class actions, consolidated Nov 2024 · Filed October 2024

Defendant

MC2 Data, LLC

Records exposed

106,316,633 + 2.3M subscribers

Brands implicated

15, including inmatessearcher.com

The August 2024 passwordless-database leak that exposed roughly a third of the US population. Researcher JayeLTee found the exposed user records mapped to 15 people-search brands, InmatesSearcher among them, with the initial admin accounts on @mc2data.com addresses. Cybernews reported the scale independently. Three class actions followed in the Southern District of Florida in October 2024. They were consolidated as Bujok v. MC2 Data, LLC that November and dismissed on February 6, 2025 after a settlement notice - with prejudice for the named plaintiffs, without prejudice for the putative class - with no class certified.

We have not found an FTC enforcement action or state Attorney General action against Truth Now LLC or InmatesSearcher as of the last-updated date below. The FTC's well-known $5.8M people-search penalty involved TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate - unrelated companies despite the similar name.

FAQ

Q & A

Common questions
Is InmatesSearcher a data broker?

Yes, though not by way of the registry. It sells subscription people-search reports covering addresses, phones, relatives, criminal records and social data, with inmate-lookup branding on top. What ties it to Truth Now LLC is shared code served from a shared server rather than a filing: Truth Now's California registration names inmatesearcher.com with a single "s", which is a different and unrelated site. Worth knowing if you are citing a registration against this domain, because that one does not cover it.

Who owns InmatesSearcher?

The site points at Truth Now LLC, a California company operating from a Glendale private mailbox, and no filing confirms it. Truth Now's registration names Check Secrets, SealedRecords.net, and PeopleSearchUSA.org, which serve the same code from the same server as this site, but it does not name this domain. All four sit on the MC2 Data backend that leaked 106 million records in 2024, one of the 15 brands researcher JayeLTee mapped inside the exposed database - though no corporate filing documents how Truth Now LLC and MC2 Data, LLC relate.

How do I remove my information from InmatesSearcher?

The site publishes an opt-out search at inmatessearcher.com/api/helper/optOutLight/search, linked in the footer as Do Not Sell Or Share My Personal Info, and its own FAQ promises a removal shows within about 24 hours. No request gets that far. The search refused every attempt on our walk with "Your request failed. Please try again later.", so the form never records anything. Our InmatesSearcher removal guide shows where it stops and gives the written route to the operator instead.

Does opting out here cover Check Secrets and the other sister sites?

No. Even though Truth Now runs the family on one server, each brand takes its own opt-out, and the operator says each request covers exactly one record. SealedRecords, PeopleSearchUSA and PeopleSearch123 run a form you can finish. Check Secrets and MugshotLook refuse every request, as this site does, so those take a written request instead.

Why was I charged $49.94 by InmatesSearcher?

The $1 seven-day trial converts to the full $49.94 monthly membership automatically, and the terms declare fees non-refundable. Cancel at (855) 512-1119 or support@inmatessearcher.com and insist on a cancellation confirmation number - the terms say without one, the account isn't canceled. Dispute with your card issuer if charges continue.

Is InmatesSearcher covered by FCRA?

Not by its own account. Its terms state in capitals that it is not a consumer reporting agency, and they prohibit using reports for employment, tenant screening, credit, or any FCRA-regulated decision. Truth Now LLC's California registration likewise answers No to FCRA regulation. Those are the operator's statements, not a court's, and FCRA coverage turns on how a report is used - if one was used against you in a hiring, rental or credit decision, you may still have rights under the act.

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Last updated:

August 10, 2026 · Opt-out walked: the record search failed on every attempt, so the removal guide records the flow as broken with the fallback routes. Profile otherwise drafted August 4, 2026.