A woman working in a position of trust was sacked after she was found to have stolen £100,000 from the dealership which employer her. Yet, while out on bail, she was able to secure a part time position at another dealership where she promptly began thieving again. Her offenses have now landed her two years in jail.
When her part-time position became full-time, her employers ran a CRB check and discovered how she had been sacked from her previous employ. She was subsequently let go, and an account review revealed she had stolen over £12,000 from her newfound employers. Her job had been to bring money to the bank, and instead it went to her pocket.
Reports state that she spent the money on indulging friends and family. Moreover, before her fraud was revealed she had been regarded as a highly prized employee. A previous employer had said of her that she was ‘an integral part of the team and very much part of the family’.
Employers can avoid such embarrassing hiring situations by completing due diligence checks and vetting those they take on as new staff. Knowing why an employee left their previous place of employment is important to the health of an organization.
In the recovering economy many people are tempted to make some quick cash hoping their superiors will turn a blind eye. While such individuals may escape detection for some time, they will invariably be caught and tried. Yet the monetary damage they have done is irreversible, and companies will have little choice but to count the stolen money as a loss.
A forward looking pre-employment screening strategy is the best approach to risk management, landing you honest hires with no crooked past to hide. A >£70 CRB check could have saved this organization £12000. And while it may seem folly to accuse everyone of being a potential thief, the safest course is to trust, but verify.
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