Recruiters reckon that a lot of people are tempted to embellish their CVs when applying for jobs, but you would think that someone working in HR would know better.
Alas, that isn’t always the case. The NHS Counter Fraud people have just announced that a senior NHS HR manager lied about her qualifications to Devon Primary Care Trust. She was eventually found out and her foolishness has cost her dearly.
She has just been given a six months suspended prison sentence, ordered to pay £9,600 in compensation and to carry out 150 hours of community service by Exeter Crown Court.
Earlier this year, a former director at NHS Stoke on Trent, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment for adding psychology qualifications to his CV – following a previous NHS Counter Fraud Service investigation.
Is it really worth risking a prison sentence just for a job?
www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/fraud
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