Category Archives: Employment Screening

The BBC News website reports that a career criminal lied to get a job as a hospital security guard, before stealing from his employer.

Daniel Carter used a fake security licence to get work at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and stole £1,425 from the hospital.

The BBC News website reports that a serial fraudster stole nearly £600,000 from his employer after lying to a recruitment agency to get his job.

Andrew Maxted took the money from the building company, where he worked as an accountant, to buy luxury cars and holidays.

As reported on the Daily Record website, a nurse faked qualifications to get a senior job at an NHS hospital and claimed she had been shot while serving in the Army.

Tanya Nasir claimed she was a Major in the British Army, and invented a string of fake medical qualifications to get the role.

The Sun website reports that a police officer was shopped by his ex-wife over his “bare-faced lies” that he served in the Navy during the Falklands War.
Chief Constable Nick Adderley wore a bogus South Atlantic Medal awarded to those who served in the conflict – even though he was a 15-year-old sea cadet at the time.

According to the Wales Online website, a man got a job at a school after lying that he was a qualified teacher.

Adrian Ferguson spent months as a science teacher at Cardiff West Community High School, but it emerged he had made a series of false claims in his application.

An article on the Business Matters website reports that with the cost-of-living crisis seemingly driving worker theft up, businesses should be extra mindful of the financial effect of a bad hire.

The warning comes following reports from insurer Zurich UK, which shows that employee theft had increased 19% in 2022.