by Blake Forrester
9/30/2009 9:53:00 AM
False background checks from possible identity theft or misidentification as described by CNN (video here) is a national problem that occurs nearly one out of five times a report is contested. This according to research by MyBackgroundCheck.com a national consumer background check company that has screened over a million consumers for criminal activity.
In a report first aired September 29, CNN reporter Gerri Willis interviewed a woman who described how her husband's dream job...
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by Tom Ahearn
9/29/2009 11:09:00 AM
A recent breaking news video report from CNN’s Gerri Willis shows a woman describing how her husband’s dream job turned into a nightmare because of false information found on his pre-employment background check, a problem that “personal” background check provider MyBackgroundCheck.com may have prevented.
The woman – who asked that her identity be hidden in order to avoid further problems for her husband – told Willis that she was shocked to d...
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by Tom Ahearn
9/25/2009 10:04:00 AM
Imagine being stopped for a traffic violation in Florida. Now imagine the police officer tells you there is a warrant for your arrest in Pennsylvania. One problem – you have never been to Pennsylvania.
According to a story from the Greeley (CO) Tribune, this imagined scenario was a very real case of identity theft by an illegal alien for Daniel Ortiz, 33, who not only had never been to Pennsylvania but had only been out of Florida once. But the traffic stop was least of Ortiz&rsquo...
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by Tom Ahearn
9/22/2009 10:02:00 AM
A story from Macon.com tells of a bill currently pending in the Georgia state Legislature that would require employees who work inside the homes of other people – also known as “In-Home Services” workers – to have pre-employment background checks performed on them by their employers.
According to Georgia General Assembly web site, House Bill 263 provides that “any person offering in-home services shall conduct a criminal background investigation of each empl...
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by Tom Ahearn
9/16/2009 5:23:00 PM
A recent story about a suspected scam artist who posted non-existent babysitter jobs on the online classified ad site Craigslist and asked applicants to pay for a background check that would never be done serves as a reminder to jobseekers – even babysitters – that in this tough economy criminals and identity thieves will try anything to make money illegally off the search for gainful employment.
According to a report from Fort Wayne, Indiana’s News-Sentinel.c...
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