Category Archives: Employment Screening

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.

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.

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.

An interesting article on the website of lawyers Shoosmiths looks at the legal implications of employees lying about their qualifications and experience.

It states that employers who fail to have adequate safeguards in place risk exposing their business to dishonest and under-qualified staff.

A St Albans teacher who lied to get his job and claimed his family were ill, has been banned from teaching indefinitely.

Nitesh Patel, 37, said that his wife was undergoing heart tests, his son was in hospital and, in applying for the post, had not told the truth about the reason for him leaving previous posts.

An interesting article from the Chartered Management Institute’s website reveals a checklist for the potential interviewer.

Max Eggert, an expert on selection, argues that there are many different types of lies: from White Lies – often found within a CVs ‘puff statement’ – Lies of Omission and Errors of Commission or Fact.