Criminal Background Record - Grand Larceny
Posted by Brenda Lund on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 @ 12:26 PM
Case Study - Criminal Conviction for Fraud and Grand Larceny
The Issue:
An individual was under consideration for a Sales Position at an International company. The company needed more information, in order to make an informed hiring decision.
This particular applicant indicated that they were hightly educated, and had once held a high level, international, position with the government. Therefore, our client was lured into a false sense of security, and subsequently made a decision that a very minimal background search was warranted.....instant nationwide and single county search, only.
The Action Taken by NationSearch.com:
Nation Search met with our client, and advised them of the potential ramifications of such a narrow search. The consultation resulted in a request for an expanded search.
Nation Search performed a full comprehensive screening, sex offender search, Federal Criminal, and Dept. of corrections search.
The Conclusion:
The research revealed that the candidate had a conviction, at the State level, of grand larceny, and was currently on parole. The Federal Criminal search produced a conviction of fraudulent statements, and misrepresentation. The applicant was currently on probation for the Federal charge.
The minimal instant nationwide search would not have revealed the Federal conviction, and the overall "questionable" character of the applicant.
Nation Search has a duty to counsel our clients, based upon 16 years of experiance, and instinct, in the background screening industry. Our job does not end with "doing exactly what the client has contracted for". Our job is to do everything possible to assist them in providing a safe work environment.
In the post 9/11 era, the fact that this applicant said that he had worked in a high ranking government position, would indicate that they had been cleared by homeland security, and therefore, was an upstanding citizen.....not so.
Don't put your company in jeopardy. Criminals can be very cunning and manipulative. Beware.