Category Archives: Employment Screening

The BBC reports that thousands of UK nationals have bought fake degrees from a multi-million pound “diploma mill” in Pakistan, according to a recent investigation.

Buyers include NHS consultants, nurses and a large defence contractor, with one British buyer spending almost £500,000 on bogus documents.

As reported in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a trainee accountant stole more than £38,000 from her employers in Glasgow, despite having a previous conviction for a similar offence.

Kirstie Donovan made a number of payments totalling £38,055 from the company, Fidelite Credit Management, into her own account.

As reported in The Sun, a fraudster who lied on his CV to land a £120,000-a-year job as an oil executive has been jailed.

David Scott said he had three degrees and had written an academic paper, but, in fact, he had no degree and the paper was penned by an American professor with the same name.

The News & Star gives details of a new study that shows many employers have turned away a candidate for a job after discovering dishonest or exaggerated information on a CV.

A recruitment firm commissioned a survey of 400 employers which revealed that three out of five had discovered that a candidate’s CV had been “embellished”.

A former university dean and his secret lover fraudulently gained more than £500,000 from their employer.

Robert Smedley created a role for Christopher Joynson, but did not declare their relationship to the university and claimed the pair were just friends.

According to Cambridge News, a survey has found that 55% of Brits lie, or withhold important information, when applying for jobs.

The survey of 2,000 people found that out of those who lied, 23% went on to bag the jobs they applied for and another 23% confessed they did it because they wanted a higher salary.