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Florida ·
She treated more than 4,400 patients by impersonating another nurse.
A borrowed license number let an unlicensed woman work in patient care. She later pleaded no contest.
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Screening failed.
People paid the price.
Borrowed licenses. Unchecked pasts. Stolen identities. What happens when verification fails.
14 reports. Keep scrolling ↓
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United States ·
North Korean workers got U.S. jobs using stolen identities.
The DOJ says the scheme reached 40 U.S. companies. An identity broker managed as many as 871 proxy identities and helped run U.S. laptop farms.
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Washington ·
A youth football coach. A registered sex offender.
Parents learned the coach had a past they had not been told about.
Too wild to be true?
12 quick rounds. Real or made up? See what catches you.
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California ·
The driver’s account was real. The identity allegedly wasn’t.
Claims of stolen identities raised a basic question: who was actually driving.
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Illinois ·
A child sex abuse record. A passed background check.
A Chicago substitute teacher cleared screening despite a history that left people asking how the check worked.
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Florida ·
7,600 fake nursing credentials. A route into real healthcare jobs.
Federal investigators say a scheme sold fraudulent diplomas and transcripts that buyers could use to sit for licensing exams.
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United States ·
Four video interviews. A clear background check. An impostor hired.
KnowBe4 says a stolen identity got a North Korean worker hired. His new laptop started loading malware; security stopped it, and no data was lost.
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Texas ·
The agency said the caregiver cleared screening. Her criminal past surfaced after a theft.
An 81-year-old client sued after an alleged $43,000 jewelry theft. Public records showed the caregiver’s prior arrests.
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Missouri ·
A hotel’s security guard assaulted a guest. The hiring came under scrutiny.
An appeals court upheld a $177 million award. The lawsuit challenged the hotel’s hiring of a guard with an assault history.
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United States ·
The interview was live. The voice could be a deepfake.
The FBI warned of spoofed voices and stolen identities in remote-job applications, including roles with access to customer and financial data.
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Louisiana ·
Nearly half the youth coaches had no background check.
A New Orleans inspector general’s review found large gaps in 2025 youth-sports screening.
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Michigan ·
She stole identities and used them to work in healthcare.
A Michigan woman who impersonated licensed professionals was sentenced to more than six years in prison.
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South Carolina ·
A sex offender volunteering around children. Three leaders charged.
Authorities charged a pastor, his wife, and an academy director over the volunteer’s access to children.
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Scotland ·
A convicted drug smuggler got hired as a prison guard.
A background-check error helped hire a convicted drug smuggler as a prison guard.
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