Category Archives: Employment Screening

The Travel Weekly website gives details of a fraudster who lifted the career details of a sales chief, added them to his own CV and started applying for jobs in the industry.

Luke Smith was alerted by a travel industry colleague that a man calling himself ‘Hugh Harben’ was applying for roles using information taken from Smith’s own LinkedIn profile.

According to the Global Recruiter website, new research has found that recruitment fraud is costing UK organisations £23.9 billion a year.

Lying on applications, using false or fabricated documents and/or arranging false references, is allowing applicants to fraudulently secure positions as senior executives.

The Evening Standard website reports that a fraudster convinced colleagues he was a qualified barrister so he could pursue his “dream career” in law.

Scott Willey – jailed for 27 months – pretended he was a member of the Bar and worked on 18 cases before his two-year deception was uncovered.

According to the Worcester News website, multiple doctors surgeries failed to carry out full due diligence prior to hiring a data protection officer who was later revealed to have falsely claimed to be a solicitor.

According to the Coin Telegraph website, Japanese tech giants Sony and Fujitsu have created an encrypted database for educational proficiency documents, in a bid to prevent forgeries and fake diplomas which are being used by foreigners to secure resident status in the country.

The BBC News website reports that a couple from Norfolk have admitted running fake distance-learning courses which netted them sums of more than £200,000.

Katie Hope and Scott Wolfe duped 900 people into paying for qualifications which did not exist, via their firms International Distance College and the British Nutrition Council.