Category Archives: Employment Screening

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.

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.