Here is a story that illustrates why using an expert for your pre hire background checks is a wise practice.
We were recently contacted by one of our clients and asked to conduct an investigation into a suspected embezzlement/theft by one of their employees. During the course of the investigation, we discovered that the person of interest had been arrested and charged with seven counts of Credit Card Fraud, had been fined and served probation.
The individual had been hired as a temp-to-perm through a staffing agency that conducts employee background checks using a commercial database provider which is very unreliable. This commercial database provider returned “No Record Found”, not only missing the Credit Card Fraud, but also two separate instances of bad checks.
The employee admitted misappropriating more than $10,000 of the company’s money by manipulating the accounting.
It is always a good idea to conduct new employee background checks when an employee comes on board. Do not depend on a staffing company to do a thorough job.
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