Category Archives: Employment Screening

According to the Northamptonshire Telegraph website, the former CEO of a trust which ran nine county schools made ‘more than one substantial false claim’ on his CV.

Johnson Kane’s resumé showed that he had been invited to join the board of BAA, had run a venture capital bank and was high up in John Lewis.

The Personnel Today website reports that a senior NHS boss gained his job by falsely stating he had a degree.

Peter Knight – who was paid up to £135,000 in 2017-18 – was reported via an anonymous tip-off to the NHS trust’s CFO and it was subsequently found that he did not have the classics degree he had declared on his CV.

The Press & Journal website reports that a would-be support worker has been banned after her web of lies was uncovered to try and land a job working with children.

Lisa McDonald attempted to secure a job with national charity Action for Children with a fake reference, a forged signature and manufactured qualification certificates.

According to an article on the BDaily website, almost half of UK employers have fallen foul of degree fraud, yet many do not take steps to safeguard their business.

A recent survey found that 49% of large businesses and 48% of SMEs have encountered a candidate who had lied about their degree qualifications.

Scotland’s The National website reports that its own journalists uncovered a website that offered to sell fake degrees from The University of West Scotland [UWS].

A university spokesperson said: “We take this matter extremely seriously and we know other higher education institutions are facing the same issue.”

The Bucks Free Press website reports that a law firm worker has been banned from ever working in the profession again after it was revealed she had falsified her CV.

Sameena Usmani responded personally to a reference request, claimed to be someone else and provided false information to back up fictitious employment history.