Category Archives: Employment Screening

As reported in the Somerset County Gazette, a Walter Mitty character ‘doctored’ his CV to dupe his way into the top job at a charity.

Jon Andrewes admitted making a financial gain by deception for his role as chief executive at St Margaret’s Hospice and lying about his qualifications to get a number of top NHS jobs.

Mail Online carries a story about a cancer surgeon who lied about how many keyhole surgery operations he had done so he could get an £84,000-a-year job at a hospital.

Sudip Sarker, is accused of lying about his experience whilst applying for the post of consultant general surgeon at Worcester Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital, Redditch.

As reported on the Economia website, British companies have reported more incidences of fraud and cyber crime than any other country in the world, behind only Colombia.

According to Kroll’s Global Fraud and Risk Report, the most common types of fraud in the UK were theft of physical assets and the misappropriation of funds, with most fraudsters coming from inside the company.

As reported on the Mancunion website, more than 40 websites have been shut down as part of an ongoing investigation into fraudulent institutions.

One site claimed to be Stafford University – which is non-existent – and another called itself “Wolverhamton University” as opposed to Wolverhampton University.

A leading child welfare expert’s CV falsely declared she was entitled to be called a doctor and her PhD qualification was fictitious, according to BBC News.

Susan Stewart ran Scotland’s Child and Family Assessment Centre and presented herself as a doctor but lied about having a PhD in psychology from Stirling University, having not completed the degree course.

As reported on the Recruiter website, almost 100,000 job applicants have lied about qualifications in the past three years and are getting away with it.

According to a new study from AXELOS – a joint venture between UK government and the business outsourcer Capita – many are getting away with falsifying their qualifications because almost half (48%) of UK-based HR professionals do not always check that applicants’ qualifications are valid.