Category Archives: Employment Screening

The Sun reports that a con man impersonated a plastic surgeon and performed operations on patients, despite having no medical training.

Matteo Politi – aka ‘Matty Mode’ – posed as a renowned British surgeon and had began on people in March 2018.

Metro reports that a nurse lied about being a doctor on his CV and swindled the NHS out of almost £350,000 by claiming fake expenses.

Phillip Hufton pretended to have a PhD, a master’s degree and five other diplomas but in reality he only actually held a Bachelor of Nursing Degree.

The Chad website reports that a glamorous fraudster stole around £115,000 in various ways, including increasing her own salary, making personal purchases on company credit cards and transferring cash into her own account, before blowing thousands on jewellery and beauty products.

The Wirral Globe reports that an ambulance driver admitted creating a number of fraudulent documents to gain employment with Jigsaw Medical Services, a private company based in Ellesmere Port.

Jack Walter was assigned to several posts within NHS ambulance trusts.

According to the Express, a new survey shows that men are far more likely to lie on their CV than women, with 42% claiming to have done so during their careers.

The survey revealed that 38% per cent of the women surveyed had also lied, with both sexes admitting that fear of the competition forced them to stretch the truth.

The Derbyshire Times reports that a conwoman who had previously swindled pet owners out of thousands of pounds, has been jailed for stealing cash from Greggs.

Emma Bent was jailed for fraud in 2011, but Greggs did not ask her if she had any previous convictions when she filled out her job application.