Today Barian Baluchi was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after posing as a bogus doctor in a Harley Street Clinic. This case highlights the need for businesses to be vigilant when employing new staff and the need for a thorough vetting procedure.
My client, Kalamazoo Security Print has prepared a breaking news comment which discusses the steps organisations can take to prevent them from employing fraudsters.
Key Quotes from the Article:
Society is now at a point where we can no longer trust the credentials of a job applicant. A recent survey conducted by Portfolio Payroll stated that 77% of employers failed to check references, although 73% are aware that applicants lie in order to secure a job, and another survey by The Risk Advisory Group suggest that 36% of job applicants lie about their academic qualifications. We need to be aware that the person sat in front of us in a job interview might not be genuine and we need to take every possible step to ensure they are who they claim to be
Qualification certificates are often taken on face value, but employers need a fast and secure system in place which they can use to verify a job applicantís documents. At present, it can take up to several weeks to verify certification through an exam board, but it is unrealistic to expect a candidate to wait that long before being offered the job
There are many simple steps which both educational establishments and businesses can take to tackle the problem of bogus employees. Kalamazoo has developed a solution that allows exam boards and colleges to print a unique digitally encoded watermark onto the back of each certificate
Barian Baluchi was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after posing as a bogus doctor
This case highlights the need for businesses to be vigilant when employing new staff and the need for a thorough vetting procedure
