Category Archives: Employment Screening

The BBC reports that a government body is investigating a website in China selling fake degree certificates from many UK universities.

Posing as a customer, reporters from BBC Radio Kent found a website offering certificates from dozens of UK institutions, including the universities of Kent and Surrey.

According to Kent Online, ‘Dr.’ Sarah Sims was exposed after applying for job at Ferndearle Child Care Services in Folkestone with list of fake qualifications.

In her job application she said her ‘line manager’ in the army was a Sgt Major Darren Pugh, but he turned out to be her 48-year-old husband.

A bent bank worker who stole a fortune from Natwest customers after taking their account details over the phone has been jailed.

Telephone advisor Matthew Parkhouse asked a string of account holders for the security digits on the backs of their cards when he didn’t need them for legitimate banking purposes.

The Plymouth Herald reports that a man lied about being a British Army Captain for 11 years – when he had served just 40 days as a private.

Prosecutors said that Christopher Griffin had claimed on his website that he served as a former Captain for 11 years, “and a further nine years in British Army Reserves”.

A recruitment consultant who changed eight doctors’ CVs to secure them jobs has been given a suspended sentence.

Ross Etherson admitted 21 counts of making or supplying articles for use in fraud. The judge in the case said it was “purely down to luck” the health of patients had not been impacted.

A survey of 2,000 working adults for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 revealed that a third of hopefuls have lied in a bid to land their dream job.

The poll also suggested that being “creative” with the facts on a CV is now considered acceptable by over half, with a third admitting to have lied on a job application.