Category Archives: Employment Screening

Copper Lied On CV To Land Promotions

A Merseyside Police superintendent lied about himself and made misleading statements on his CV to secure transfers and career promotions.

Michael Martin wrongly claimed to have a university degree and said he led a review for implementing new policing strategies, following a high-profile death of a woman.

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Locum Doctors Not Properly Screened

An investigation by the BBC raises troubling questions about the risks an over-reliance on locums poses to patient safety.

A recent court case involving a locum submitting forged documents highlighted concerns that some NHS trusts and agencies were not doing the most basic pre-employment checks.

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Top City Lawyer Quits After CV Lies

The Evening Standard reported that one of the City’s top lawyers has quit his job after it was discovered that he had invented large chunks of a ‘glittering CV’.

Dennis O’Riordan boasted of first-class degrees and a doctorate at Oxford University and of studying at Harvard University – all of which were lies.

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Company Boss Lied On CV

According to the Scunthorpe Telegraph, a company boss lied on his CV and falsely claimed £11,000.

Craig Taylor made false claims for VAT refunds to HM Revenue and Customs and also submitted a fraudulent CV to a company who took him on as a quantity surveyor.

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Con Man Used False Names For Grants

A Cambridge University academic used false names and invoices regarding non-existent initiatives to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

David Barrowclough made his first application for a lottery grant in 2005 and received regular grant money from 2006 until 2013.

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Fake Lawyers Found Out In The UK

Unlock The Law gives details of a man who deliberately misled judges into believing he was a bonafide lawyer.

Mohammed Kabba, 52, was put behind bars after pretending to be a lawyer in a court case involving a Nigerian woman who had overstayed in the UK.

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