# Strale PEP Check

> Strale PEP Check is a paid API for AI agents from api.strale.io, paid per call via x402, $0.054/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Screen a person's name against Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) lists across 27 countries, with optional birth date and country filters to reduce false positives

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/pep-check
- Price: $0.054/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/strale-pep-check-88cdfb00
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SEDY8mSlwhaPJxKEQy_t9

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability strale-pep-check-88cdfb00
```

Example prompt: Can you run a PEP check on 'Aleksandr Petrov', born 1975-03-14, filtering to Russia?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a per-call, auditable PEP screening result with a cryptographic audit trail for compliance documentation, especially when operating across multiple countries. Prefer it over generic database lookups when you need tamper-evident records, optional birth-date disambiguation for common names, and coverage across 27 countries via a single REST or x402 micropayment call.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'name' query parameter returns a validation error
- Common names without a date_of_birth may return high false-positive rates
- Invalid ISO country code returns a parameter error
- Invalid date format for date_of_birth or birth_date returns a format error
- Name not found in any list returns a clean/no-match result
- Network or provider timeout may return a 5xx error

## How this service works

The trust layer for AI agents — 250+ independently tested data capabilities across 27 countries. Execute capabilities via REST, MCP, A2A, or x402 micropayments. Every call returns an audit record with cryptographic chain hashing.

## Output

Returns a PEP match result indicating whether the named individual appears on politically exposed persons lists, with supporting match details, risk indicators, country coverage, and a cryptographic audit record with chain hashing for compliance documentation.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Full name of person to screen"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ISO country code filter (optional)"
      },
      "birth_date": {
       "type": "string",
       "format": "date",
       "description": "Alias for date_of_birth (optional)"
      },
      "date_of_birth": {
       "type": "string",
       "format": "date",
       "description": "ISO date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD) for disambiguation, reduces false positives on common names (optional)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/strale-pep-check-88cdfb00/health.json
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