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01/14/2011

Filed under: Employee PI News,Handyman PI News,Tenant PI News,Volunteer PI News — meganb @ 8:22 pm

We have Launched a NEW WEBSITE, NEW FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, and NEW TWITTER ACCOUNT, to keep our clients informed on the latest industry news and trends, along with NEW screening products availabe through The PI Company. 

If you want to win an HP Color Printer with Ink included, all you have to do is Follow Us On Twitter, Friend us on Facebook, and Subscribe to our Blog.  The winner will be announce via Twitter, Facebook, and our Blog.  The PI Company will be having regular prize drawings to make sure your keep up with us and important industry news! 

To sign up after following and friending us, go to our Facebook page and select the “Email Sign Up” tab.  You will receive an email confirmation of your registration and entry into the drawing along with the announcement date of the winner!

If you have any further questions, please contact Megan at megan@thepicompany.com.

Housing agency provided public support to convicted sex offenders, drug dealers, murderers

01/12/2011

Filed under: Nationwide Criminal Background Checks,Tenant PI News,True Stories — Tags: , , , — meganb @ 9:10 pm

Lansing — The state’s housing agency for low-income people failed to properly screen its tenants and provided public support to convicted sex offenders, drug dealers, murderers and hundreds of other violent criminals, according to a new state audit.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority also provided thousands of dollars in rent for tenants locked up in prison — in one case for more than six years — and paid more than $100,000 in rent for tenants who had died, the report by Auditor General Thomas McTavish said. (more…)

Hospital: Check didn’t show past charges against suspect

01/11/2011

Filed under: Criminal Background Checks,Employee PI News,True Stories — meganb @ 7:22 pm

The murder charges against a Suburban Hospital employee who police say killed his boss over workplace disputes have raised questions about how a man with a violent past slipped through the background checks the hospital says it routinely employs.

Suburban spokeswoman Ronna Borenstein-Levy said the hospital conducted a background check on 49-year-old engineer Keith D. Little — accused of stabbing his supervisor, Roosevelt Brockington Jr., more than 70 times in Suburban’s boiler room — but….. (more…)

Volunteer Firefighter a Serial Arsonist

01/07/2011

Filed under: Criminal Background Checks,True Stories,Volunteer PI News — meganb @ 3:37 pm

LAFAYETTE, Ga. — A former LaFayette volunteer firefighter sat handcuffed and blank-faced Wednesday as a judge read an arson charge against him.

Police believe 33-year-old Marvin Chase, who began volunteering with the city fire department in 2005, is a serial arsonist responsible for setting a slew of fires in vacant houses in the last five years. While Chase has been charged with only one count of arson, for a fire on Ryan Road, Meeks said police hope to have enough evidence to indict him on about 20 counts when the grand jury meets in January.

“Serial arsonists never give up,” he said. “This isn’t the first volunteer firefighter that we’ve arrested for doing arsons. We take it very serious.”

In the last 11 years……… (more…)

Top 8 Reasons Employers Should Perform Criminal Background Checks

Filed under: Criminal Background Checks,Employee PI News — meganb @ 3:20 pm

There are several reasons why employers do background checks on potential workers. Each one varies according with the kind of job at hand. Here are some of the reasons why employers perform employment screening.

8. We’re at the Computer Age – This in itself is the reason for the increase in employment screening as everything is now wired – computer databases containing millions of records of personal data for just a small cost.

7. Federal and State Laws – Background checks are required by law – both Federal and State. All for security clearance, of course.

6. Falsification – Resume fraud – it is clear that human resources professionals are now more than alert to the potential, magnified or direct falsehoods job applicants embellish themselves.

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