How To Do A Background Verification Of A Fake Candidate

How can I get a candidate arrested for showing fake experience of 2 and a half years? This person falsified their experience in 2006, claiming to have worked with Alcatel Lucent for 2 years, then with a few other companies before moving to Qualcomm in the US. This behavior is unacceptable and illegal. Please help me identify who can take action against this individual for their deceit.

Hello Anshul2504,

Please provide more details such as:
1. How did you arrive at the said conclusion?
2. You mentioned where he worked earlier - did you verify with any of the earlier employers?
3. What evidence material do you have in hand?
4. Is he working in your company (assuming you work at Bangalore Qualcomm), based on the purported fake documents?
5. When did this come to light - that he faked his experience?

Without any details, how can the members suggest anything realistic, especially when someone's career is involved? This is not to say that you are wrong.

Regards,
TS

Dear Mr. Anshul2504,

You are, no matter, a proficient and competent employee for your organization, who thinks in terms of welfare for your company. When you scrutinize a resource, you can't be sure if the person has one hundred percent genuine experience. Most resumes are faked (fact). Making a mark in your post, Mr. TS asked the right questions to confirm the facts in your statement.

Although your subject mentions "Background Verification," have you yourself conducted the BGV, or is there any BG department/company that you've approached?

The remarks you provide will allow us to consider the facts before making any decisions.

Thank you.

Best regards,
[Your Name]

Apart from the responses and questions put by other members as above, it would be revealing to know the reason for the following: "How can I get a candidate arrested for showing fake experience of 2 and a half years?" Normally, termination or dismissal is considered a just punishment.

Regards.

Do you know how our police system works?

They are not bothered to solve major crimes. Do you think they will bother about something like this? The amount of effort you will have to spend to get any traction is better spent elsewhere. What is the reason you want police action against a person other than that he lied to you? Looks like there is a reason not explained or some hidden agenda.

Hello Saswata Banerjee,

"Looks like there is a reason not explained or some hidden agenda" -- I had this in mind when I posted my response, but didn't want to arrive at any such conclusion without getting to hear the full story from Anshul2504. Hence my queries. Let's see what the response is.

Regards, TS

I am an HR consultant conducting background checks in South India for leading organizations. I feel that I am making an ethical and value-added contribution to the management in this area by providing honest and forthright recommendations about a candidate. I have come across several fake certificates and resumes. It is extremely difficult to define the term "fake" from the Indian Penal Code or a legal perspective. If there is damage or loss to the company while serving, it is a completely different issue.

Without the complete history of the case, it is a futile exercise to expect members to answer the queries raised.

Regards,
V. Rangarajan.

I apologize for being late. Thank you everyone for their offer to help. Let me make it clear. I am not from the HR department (but I am part of an organization where many such fake candidates lurk around).

The reason I want this to be highlighted is that this was once a racket in Bangalore. There were 100-200 guys coming from Orissa (mostly) learning the technologies from those guys and showing fake certificates to get into various companies. Don't you think how much of a shortcut it is for them and how difficult it becomes for genuine candidates who don't even get the deserved placement in the company because of fake candidates? These fake candidates are in the US now, and the guys who struggle and try their best to get a deserving placement are still struggling.

If anyone is willing to help and if he/she thinks that some action can be taken (even though it is late -- but fake is fake), I am ready to share details and names of the culprits to their email ID.

All I am trying to say is to do a strong background check, and you will be shocked to know. Moreover, my information is 100% genuine.

Regards,

Anshul,

If what you say is true, then I would suggest that you go and speak to NASSCOM. They would be interested in knowing and would be in a position to take action.

Hello Anshul2504,

Regarding your remark "......this was once a racket in Bangalore"—FYI, this wasn't limited to Bangalore. It was [and, to some extent, still is] prevalent in almost all the Metros of the South, including Hyderabad.

You mentioned "I am not from the HR department (but I am part of an organization where many such fake candidates lurk around)"—have you reported the matter to your HR then? That could have been much easier than posting this issue on CiteHR for any possibility of action. But since you preferred to post this in this forum, it looks like there are other aspects too. Please elaborate.

Regarding the very specific individual you refer to, where is he working now? If it's Qualcomm, please email me the details in confidence [you can send a PM]. If not, where? We have access to many IT companies, and if I am convinced with the material you say you have, we can give it a shot with the companies.

Even though you mentioned that he earlier worked in L&T or Anite Technology as well, I am not really sure if there could be anything that can be done in these companies—except for a postmortem and the HR devising ways to tighten their selection processes.

However, please note that just the name and designation wouldn't help to ensure some action. You will also need to provide specific evidence of faking—at least to the extent that convinces any HR that a serious revisit of the entire hiring process of this individual (or any such individual) is surely called for.

Regarding Saswatabanerjee's suggestion to approach NASSCOM, I am not really sure if it will work. To the extent I know, NASSCOM takes inputs/complaints from HRs of IT companies officially, for a few valid reasons. But I am not sure if they have a system to entertain complaints/info from individuals as well.

I also suggest that you should keep in mind, as a 'whistleblower,' to be extra careful—on the personal angle. I hope you get the point. There's a clear reason why I am suggesting this.

Regards,

TS

I represent AMS Inform. AMS Inform is a background screening company, and we also run www.vinform.com. We receive copies of fake degrees on our vinform portal on a daily basis. There is very little that you, as an individual, can do if someone has submitted forged documentation.

The concept behind background screening is to filter out such candidates. The action being asked is extreme and could only be taken by filing a proper complaint with the authorities with the right jurisdiction.

In the case of an organization, a company can only confront the employee with the fake documents and provide a suitable amount of proof, such as written responses from the university, to prove and then take legal action.

Even a university can take legal action if they want to against this person, but the university needs to confirm that the documents were fake, and intent needs to be there in order to proceed.

Some universities, such as the University of Kerala, take this very seriously and at times.

Dear Moderators,

This post did not serve its purpose. My attempt to eliminate an evil practice (even to some extent) is wasted. Looks like it is not possible. The FAKE candidates are living life to the hilt, and they will continue to do so. I gave all the information/details I had in order to help take some action, and I trusted this place. I was thinking this site to be a genuine place with all senior HRs from reputed companies. However, it looks like just another general forum discussion. People just comment and leave. With all due respect, I am not saying anything against any of the members; I am just disappointed to know that HRs ignore this evil act by just stating that "it happens everywhere."

I do not want any fake candidate reading this post and making fun of me. This is an insult. I kindly request you to delete this entire post unless somebody thinks he/she can take prompt action.

Again, I respect all the members/posters in this forum, and my motive was to help catch the culprit who, in turn, could have opened a can of worms. A FAKE racket. Never worked in two years but have fake certificates to work for MNCs. How could you guys let this happen.

Regards