Category Archives: Employment Screening

According to the Travel Weekly website, a Thomas Cook employee has been jailed for nearly five years for defrauding the travel firm – and a previous employer – out of more than £60,000.

Angelika Schell treated herself to lunches, flights abroad, and taxis rides to work with her company credit card, stealing £37,000 over two years.

According to a story in the Falkirk Herald, a former service manager at Langlees Aberlour Childcare Trust is facing a disciplinary probe over allegations she falsely claimed to be a doctor.

Susan Stewart ran the Trust’s child and family assessment centre and was also called on by a Scottish Government committee to act as an expert witness.

The Darlington & Stockton Times carries a story of how business owners were advised to ‘beware of the enemy within’ at an advice session about suspected fraud and theft.

Experts and Durham police highlighted how organisations may be at risk, particularly by not keeping a grip on access to their finances.

The Wiltshire Times carries the story of a man who has been jailed for two years after lying on his CV about his history of sex offending.

David Seaman’s bosses and colleagues at the engineering firm where he worked only learned of his seedy past when he was arrested for a third set of sex offences.

The Law Society Gazette reports that a City solicitor who lied on his CV about qualifications and admittance to professional bodies has agreed to leave the profession.

Michael McCooe claimed he had qualifications from the University of Zurich and Trinity College, Dublin, but it transpired that this was a false declaration on both counts.

An article on the People Management website states that businesses in the private sector are collectively losing £12bn each year through payroll fraud.

The Annual Fraud Indicator 2016 report found that the biggest source of loss related to procurement – causing annual losses of £127bn.