The Importance of Background Screening and Safe Hiring
By Steven Brownstein, LLC dba The Background Investigator
Why even bother?
Employee suspected of $20K-theft A missing employee is under suspicion of pocketing over $20,000 from the Dandan establishment, police said 3 arrested for allegedly defrauding govt of $35K Two supervisors at the Department of Finance and a businessman were arrested Friday for allegedly engaging in a scheme to defraud the CNMI government of approximately $35,825 by collecting payments using fake invoices Supreme Court disbars Rhodes The Supreme Court issued yesterday an order banning former Assistant Public Defender from further practicing law in the Northern Marianas, following the lawyer's confession that he was convicted of a felony in Michigan in the late 1970s. AGO vows to clean own backyard It's time to clean its own backyard in the Attorney General's Office
Always perform a background check
Criminal record checks do not provide the whole story.
Did you know? Traffic cases still top filings, 55,438 cases in 7year period Traffic cases continue to exceed all other cases in the Superior Court, with 55,438 cases filed within a seven-year period.
Unserved summons pile up at DPS
About 3,000 processes pertain to traffic cases, most of them bench warrants.
Traffic cases do not show up on court clearances
Neither do civil cases
Theft charge against businessperson dropped due to unavailability of two of the government’s witnesses ‌charged with theft, was accused
of taking a computer disc belonging to Pacific American Title Insurance and Escrow, her former employer.
PATCO filed a civil action, saying that as a former officer, director and shareholder of the company, she breached her employment contract by soliciting or taking away its customers.
So what can you do? Do I only check criminal and court records?
RadioShack CEO, David Edmondson, resigns over false resume RadioShack CEO, David Edmondson, resigns over false resume. David Edmondson, CEO of RadioShack, resigned Monday, February 20 [a federal and market holiday] MIT admissions chief steps down over false credentials International Herald Tribune, France - Apr 27, 2007 "I misrepresented my academic degrees when I first applied to MIT 28 years ago and did not have the courage to correct my rĂŠsumĂŠ when I applied for my
Maybe these will cause you to reconsider
Check Academic Verifications
You can’t believe how many stories there are about companies not checking employment histories on Island, let alone overseas.
Theft, embezzlement, tardiness, absenteeism.. ALL ARE RAMPANT ON SAIPAN
Employee gets fired from company “A’ for negative performance related incident(s) and goes to another company “B” on Island. You’d think company “B” would call company “A” for references.
NOT!!!! Check Employment Histories
A negative reference could save you from hiring someone who is woefully unqualified for a job or who has destructive tendencies that could land you in trouble.