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Prevent Resume Fraud – Resume Verify

infocheckusa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:05:09 +0000

Resume fraud is increasing in todays workplace. Competition for jobs are great and applicants are lying on their resumes to help them get the job even though they are not qualified. Employers that make bad hiring decisions not only will lose the time invested but the money invested in the bad hire.

Resume Verify will verify the listed information on the applicant. We start at the top and work down verifying as much information as possible. The verification process is simple – submit the resume, we verify the information and transmit the results online or via email . The verification process can take from 1 to 3 business days.

What Can We Verify?

Complete Name
Address History
Criminal History
Driving Record History
Social Security Number
Right to Work Status (I9)
Education (College,HS,Trade)
Professional Licenses
Professional Certifications
Employment History
Reference Checks
Professional Memberships
Military Service
Publication Authoring
International Job History
International Education

Get Verified and show your future employers that you are responsible, honest, and respect their company and time. As a job applicant, getting your resume verified will give you that edge over your competitors!. Its the best reference you could ever have.

As an employer, let us verify your job applicants. Not only do we verify the resume info but we also check the individuals on-line profiles – you can learn alot from an individual by what they are posting on blog and chat sites such as myspace.com.

Time Wasted Recruiting, Training, and Hiring the Wrong Applicants – one bad hire can cost $25,000 for a regular worker and 1 million or more for a CEO/Executive.

Unqualified Applicants – Up to 30% of job applications contain material falsehoods.

Workplace Violence – History of criminal acts is a major factor in predicting workplace violence – On-the-job violence costs employers $36 billion each year. 1 in 10 applicants has a criminal background.

Each verified resume is assigned a unique verification ID. Applicants can print this on their resume for employer verification.

Resume Fraud Statistics

89 percent of all resumes are misleading.
9 percent of job seekers claim false degrees.
30 percent show altered employment dates
27 percent give falsified references
1 in 10 Applicants have a criminal record.
Resume fraud can lead to jail time.

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Known Diploma Mills

infocheckusa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Below is a list of Known Diploma Mills:

Use InfoCheckUSA.net DEGREE VERIFICATION SERVICES!

(from diplomamillnews.com)

Accused fake doctor pleads not guilty to 73 charges

infocheckusa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:24:18 +0000

Dean Alan Willoughby appeared in District Court with lawyer Jim Lowry, right, for charges of practicing medicine without a license in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Photo by Pablo Alcala | Staff

A Mount Sterling man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of impersonating a doctor and sexual abuse.

Dean Alan Willoughby, 44, was indicted by a Fayette County jury last week on 73 counts of practicing medicine without a license and third-degree sexual abuse. Willoughby was initially charged with three counts of practicing medicine without a license.

In 1994, Willoughby was arrested in Columbia, S.C., for performing genital and rectal exams on men and women.

InfoCheckUSA.net’s Doctor Background Check Report would have prevented this!

clipped from kentucky.com

Diploma Mill Degrees For Firefighters Cost City $50,000

infocheckusa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:16:00 +0000

A recent Sacramento County grand jury report takes fire officials to task for lax oversight that allowed some area firefighters to boost their pay by claiming college degrees from so-called “diploma mills.” The report, titled “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire,” stems from a 2007 investigation by The Bee’s Andrew McIntosh. McIntosh found that in 2005 and early 2006, 16 capital city firefighters applied for and got education wage incentive raises using degrees they had purchased from online diploma mills. It cost the city about $50,000.

Degree Verification from InfoCheckUSA.net would have caught this!

clipped from www.firefightingnews.com

Fake Degrees from Diploma Mills – Degree Verification

infocheckusa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:52:21 +0000

In todays economy, job applicants are using every tactic available to beat the competition and get that open job. One tactic, most often used, is listing college degrees, diplomas and certifications on their resumes that they either don’t have or that they received from a diploma mill. InfoCheckUSA.net provides USA and International education verifications and finds that 30% of education information on resumes are mis-leading. These numbers are alarming and cause companies thousands of dollars as a result of making a bad hiring decision, not to mention issues with liability in such fields as healthcare and engineering.

Companies should verify degrees and diplomas as well as any listed certifications prior to hiring any job candidate. InfoCheckUSA deals directly with the educational institutions student record department to provide complete and accurate record verification.

These record checks are cost effective ($14.95) compared to the costs of making a bad hire.

“Diploma mill credentials devalue the legitimate degrees earned by millions of individuals through hard work, persistence and achievement.” –U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Maine

Degrees and diplomas issued by diploma mills are frequently used for fraudulent purposes, such as obtaining employment, promotions, raises, or bonuses on false pretenses. (DiplomaMillNews.com)

FAKE Degrees in the News:

The Diploma Mills keep on churning to everyone’s loss

In the past few years many young people aspiring to obtain a university degree have been duped by glamorous and flashy web-based educational advertisements. After taking the bait, they find themselves entangled in legal, professional and ethical dilemmas arising from an affiliation with a bogus institution of higher education, better known as a “diploma mill”. Last week, the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research issued a statement warning prospective undergraduate and graduate students looking into academic study abroad against falling victim to such fraudulent practices. (thenational.ae)

In the Bears’ Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning, John and Mariah Bear report that there are more than 700 diploma mills that generate more than $500 million annually.

Diploma Mill Degrees For Firefighters Cost City $50,000

Accused fake doctor pleads not guilty to 73 charges

Dean Alan Willoughby appeared in District Court with lawyer Jim Lowry, right, for charges of practicing medicine without a license in Lexington, Ky. Dean Alan Willoughby, 44, was indicted by a Fayette County jury last week on 73 counts of practicing medicine without a license and third-degree sexual abuse. Willoughby was initially charged with three counts of practicing medicine without a license. In 1994, Willoughby was arrested in Columbia, S.C., for performing genital and rectal exams on men and women. (kentucky.com)

Woman Represented By Phony Lawyer Appeals Case

A woman convicted of trying to hire someone to kill her son’s father is appealing her case because the man who represented her has been found guilty of impersonating a lawyer. Gwen Bergman was convicted in May of two federal murder-for-hire felonies. Her attorney is asking the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver to set aside her conviction or return the case to district court so her sentence can be reduced. (thedenverchannel.com)

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Advanced Background Check System

infocheckusa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:09:40 +0000

InfoCheckUSA.net has released its new and innovative background screening system. This advanced, yet easy to use, system is adaptive to clients ordering patterns. Clients can now also create their own screening packages to make their screening process easier. The NEW dashboard is presented every time a clients logs in for easy and quick access to their reports and report alerts. (See below)

With easy to identify icons the screening process is much simpler, yet faster. The order screens prompt the client to enter the correct information based on the type of search.

Clients have easy access to their Invoices to see what has been paid and what is due. They can view or print summary or detailed Invoices for their accounting needs.

The InfoCheckUSA.net Screening System includes a very powerful feature called Criminal Re-Screening. This feature allows clients to automatically re-screen applicants and pre-configured intervals and send them a report. Just because an applicants screening was clear today does not mean they will be clear in 6 months!

With integrated Applicant Tracking, Background Screening and Drug Testing, the InfoCheckUSA system provides companies with a very powerful tool to assist them in making smarter hiring decisions and to protect their workplace.

There are NO Monthly Fees, NO Setup Fees and NO Minimum Ordering Requirements. Go to InfoCheckUSA.net for more Info.

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Broward County investigating how sex offender got job at Deerfield park

infocheckusa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:48:45 +0000

The worker, employed by a county subcontractor, has been accused of fondling a 10-year-old girl during a boat ride at the park’s marina.

By Sofia Santana and Scott Wyman South Florida Sun-Sentinel5:56 PM EDT, July 23, 2009

DEERFIELD BEACH – All contractors working in Broward County parks will be required to provide regular reports that they’ve checked the background of employees following the arrest of a registered sex offender who allegedly fondled a 10-year-old Boca Raton girl while working at the Quiet Waters Park marina.

Park administrators made the decision following a meeting Thursday afternoon with county attorneys to discuss how Corey Hipscher, 37, of Plantation, got his job four months ago. Broward sheriff’s investigators arrested him Tuesday after he was accused of fondling the child during a boat ride at the park that afternoon.

The parks department expects the contractor in charge of the marina to turn over employee records Friday. Under the terms of its contract, Toby’s Concession Services Inc. was required to run background checks of people who work at its concessions.

The owner of Toby’s Concession Services said today that when he subcontracted with Hipscher’s employer, Broward Watersports, he thought that company had assumed the responsibility of conducting the background check.

“We really feel sorry for the girls and their family and the community,” said Cristobal De la Hoz, owner of Toby’s Concession Services, which has a contract with the county to run food, bicycle and boat concessions at the county’s parks. “We’ve been doing business with [Broward Watersports] for many years, they are licensed, insured and experienced. We expected them to do their own background checks.”

County Parks Director Bob Harbin said that ultimately Toby’s Concession Services is responsible because it has the contract. Broward parks have about 5 million visitors a year, and Toby’s Concession Services provides food, boat and bicycle concessions throughout the park system.

The contract with the county requires the concessions company to pay at least $258,000 by the time the deal ends in 2014. Toby’s must hire people of “good moral character” and run background checks of “prospective employees and volunteers.” The contract also requires Toby’s to hold subcontractors to the same terms.

“This is the first time this has happened in my 25 years here, and I was floored,” Harbin said. “I have a responsibility to provide a safe parks system.”

Harbin said his agency runs background checks on its own job applicants and rejects those who apply for a job dealing with children if they are a sexual predator or have been convicted of a felony or driving under the influence. He said he routinely rejects one or two applicants a week because of the rule and expects contractors to follow the same standard.

The arrest of Hipscher is prompting county officials to review their policies. Commissioner Ilene Lieberman said she wants the county to require monthly reports from contractors who deal with children proving they checked the background of newly hired employees.

“Learning that an employee of one of your contractors is a sex offender is a surprise you don’t want to have,” Lieberman said. “Look at what’s at risk. We should require verification.”

The marina at Quiet Waters Park remained closed Thursday.

The owner of Broward Watersports, Christophe Ribot, of Miami, could not be reached for comment Wednesday or Thursday.

Hipscher, labeled a sex offender following a 2003 conviction in a sexual battery case involving his then-girlfriend — who was older than 18 at the time — is being held in the Broward County Jail without bail on charges of child molestation and violation of probation.

Florida Department of Corrections records show that the terms of Hipscher’s probation do not restrict him from working or living near children, but 24 or Broward’s 31 cities do have ordinances banning offenders from moving near schools, parks, playgrounds, day care centers and school bus stops. Deerfield Beach’s enhanced ordinance on offenders’ residency, though, applies only to offenders and predators whose victims were 16 or younger.

Broward County’s hiring practices stipulate that felons convicted of any crime not be hired for positions in which they would have contact with children.

In the Tuesday incident, the 10-year-old girl’s family alleges that Hipscher begged them not to report the incident, which was witnessed by the child’s cousin, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Sofia Santana can be reached at svsantana@sunsentinel.com or 954-356-4631.

Caregiver mum on charges: Ohio law doesn’t require updates on background checks

infocheckusa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:45:12 +0000

By Rita Price

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Tristan J. Quintero, convicted on weapons charges, is facing a rape charge.

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Tristan J. Quintero, convicted on weapons charges, is facing a rape charge.

Five years ago, Tristan J. Quintero passed the background check that enabled him to get a job caring for mentally disabled Ohioans.The state does not require updates, so workers are trusted to self-report subsequent offenses that could disqualify them. But Quintero apparently told no one that he’d been convicted on weapons charges in 2008 and indicted again in May.

As a result, he was still on the job the night of May 28. That’s when he left the apartment of his disabled South Side client, James Monroe, and raped a neighbor, police said.

According to a report from the Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Quintero told his employer that he had consensual sex with Monroe’s 49-year-old neighbor. Police said the victim told them she has throat cancer and couldn’t scream.

“How could somebody like this be working among the disabled?” asked Lisa Canterbury, a friend of Monroe, 63, and his family. “There was a warrant out for his arrest.”

Quintero, 25, of 333 Wellington Willows Way on the South Side, had been indicted in Clark County Common Pleas Court in May on a firearms charge for driving with a loaded shotgun. Springfield police arrested him June 27.

Quintero was returned to Columbus and appeared Friday in Franklin County Municipal Court on the rape charge. Judge Paul Herbert ordered him held in lieu of $300,000 cash or surety bond.

Anthony Wayne Services, an Indiana-based company that contracts with the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to provide services such as home care for the disabled, fired Quintero upon learning of the rape accusation, spokeswoman Barbara Wachtman said.

Asked about Quintero’s previous convictions, she said she couldn’t comment because of the pending investigation.

According to an internal investigation and report by the Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Quintero likely hadn’t been an acceptable caregiver for at least a year.

Monroe’s family provided a copy of the report, which says Quintero had a “disqualifying offense for working in the MRDD field” when he was indicted in Franklin County Common Pleas Court two years ago on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and improper handling of a firearm. Quintero pleaded guilty last year to reduced misdemeanor versions of the charges.

The report also said that Quintero neglected Monroe and did not give him his medications.

Rose Tackett, Monroe’s younger sister, said the state and companies it hires should be more vigilant about updating the backgrounds of those who work with vulnerable Ohioans. Requiring caregivers to report themselves doesn’t cut it, she said.

“Why can’t they take one of their employees on down time and tell them to pull some people up” on online court documents, Tackett said. “It’s all right there if you look.”

The state maintains an abuser registry that seeks to keep bad caregivers from job-hopping, but that doesn’t necessarily catch workers whose offenses are unknown to administrators or occur outside of their jobs.

State officials have discussed background updates, but no changes have been proposed, said Sherry Steinman, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Under current guidelines, care providers who pass background checks sign a contract promising to report future violations.

State education officials strengthened background checks for their workers in 2007, requiring updates every five years for all licensed educators and unlicensed workers such as secretaries and food-service employees. School-bus drivers now face background checks twice a year, and arrests trigger an immediate alert to employers.

Jed Morison, superintendent of the Franklin County MRDD board, said he isn’t aware of past problems with Anthony Wayne Services.

“Generally, we’re very fortunate to have many good providers,” Morison said. “Sometimes, things are going to happen. The issue is, how do we respond?”

Both Tackett and Canterbury said they think families should do all they can to know about those who are trusted to care for their loved ones.

Monroe was distraught after the incident and police investigation. “He cries,” Tackett said.

As of yesterday, Quintero still was listed in the state’s online database of MRDD care providers.

rprice@dispatch.com

Do You Really Know Who You Are Hiring?

infocheckusa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:34:09 +0000

Why would any employer hire someone these days without doing a complete background check? I’ll tell you why – they are either too cheap to pay for it or they don’t want to take 10 minutes out of their day to do it!. Yet, these are the same employers that act suprised when they find out the employee, youth worker, pastor, doctor, etc…stole from them, molested one of their kids, sexually harassed an associate or killed someone. With 89% of people lying on their resumes, it makes good business sense to do a criminal background check, employment verification and an education verification.

We have seen high profile coaches and CEO’s caught years later for lying about their education. Every other week, we see the news breaking a story where a service business such as carpet cleaners, alarm installers, or plumbers went into a victims home and stole from them or sexually harrassed them. Just recently a Pastor in Jacksonville Florida was caught for sending explicit sexual text messages to girls under the age of 16 and he had behavior issues from a prior church in Texas. We also find out that a YMCA counselor was charged with touching young girls under the age of 9. I ask again, “Do You Know Who Your Hiring?”

For less than thirty dollars per employee, an employer can protect their time and investment. You can’t put a price on peace of mind in these tough economic times. Business is hard enough without having to worry about rogue or bad employees and business partners. I challenge employers to spend a little bit of time and money to not only protect themselves but society as well.

Ben Franklin stated “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest”

Background Checks for Youth Workers

infocheckusa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:30:25 +0000

Volunteer youth workers are an important part of our childrens lives but do you really know who your leaving your child with? Background screenings should be done on every youth worker – 60% of convicted sex offenders are on parole or probation. The Bureau of Justice statistics study in the 90′s found that Among child molesters released from prison in 1994, 60% had been in prison for molesting a child 13 years old or younger.

Parents, do you really know your kids soccer coach, dance coach or teacher? I will ask the same question to the organizations; do you really know who you’re hiring? Its everyone’s’ responsibility to make sure the children are in a safe learning environment. Youth sports are on the rise which means even more children are being dropped off with their coaches and instructors; thereby, creating situations for potential sexual offenders, abductors and abusers. This topic is nothing new; just look back at the news stories – some of which have occurred in the past few weeks. Google – coach + sexual offender and you will get over 1 million links; Google teacher + sexual offender and you will get over 2 million links. Back in Sept, a New York teacher was found to have had a manslaughter conviction dated back to the 1970’s for killing a child and this teacher had been teaching middle school for the past two years. Parents, you need to ask your youth organizations if they perform background checks. Organizations need to be performing background checks; if they have to raise their fees to cover the costs then I’m sure the parents will not mind.

InfoCheckUSA.net will perform a 50 state Criminal and Sexual Offender background check. A background check performed only in the state that the person is coaching or instructing in is not sufficient. Many offenders will move to different states in the hopes that a comprehensive national background check will not be performed and the sad part is that they are right. We recommend that all of our clients whether youth organizations or not run a national check. InfoCheckUSA recommends the National Criminal Super Search and a county “hands-on” court level search plus a SSN Verification with address history.