Category Archives: Employment Screening

A story in the County Gazette gives details of a bogus vet who lied his way into a job at a Taunton practice and was employed there for almost two years before being discovered.

Patrick Keniry, who has several previous convictions for similar offences, admitted faking his CV to get work at Priory Veterinary Practice and even stole the name of a qualified vet to get the job.

The News & Star reports that a convicted fraudster who concocted a false CV to get a high-paid job has had his jail term slashed.

James Alexander Hayden Cox, also submitted faked references to land a £65,000-a-year role at Britain’s Energy Coast and forged a signature to steal more than £40,000 of the company’s cash.

According to HR News, Welsh workers admitted they were the most likely in Britain to tell lies at a job interview.

The specially-commissioned research saw 21.7% of Welsh workers admitting they deliberately fibbed during an interview, closely followed by the Scots with 20.8%.

According to the BBC News website, a doctor has been jailed for lying on his CV to get a £55,000-a-year job at a medical research centre.

Oswald Wong pretended to be a General Medical Council (GMC) member to land the role in Merthyr Tydfil – despite not having any medical qualifications to work in Britain.

As reported on the Boston Standard website, a gambling addict stole over £38,000 from his employers, Lincolnshire County Council, despite having served two jail terms for theft and tax evasion.

Darren Challis was jailed for 18 months in 2013 after he stole over £47,000 from a Lincoln-based firm.

The Bromley Today website reports that a ‘serial fraudster’ has been jailed for five years after stealing over £500,000 from various employers.

Oonagh Grant was convicted of stealing from a solicitors in 2011, but changed her name in 2013 to work as a self-employed contractor for a law firm in Lewisham.