A Georgia University employee, working as a computer specialist with access to student Social Security numbers, continued to work in the Registrar’s Office for almost a year despite facing a felony theft by deception charge that in April resulted in a guilty plea yielding a 10-year prison term.
UGA employee kept working despite facing felony theft charge
Red and Black
The University did a background checkon Mullen before he started work in 2008, but the checkwas done four months before he was charged. …
A faulty procedureRed and Black
When Mullen applied to the University in February 2008 to be an IT Professional Specialist, court documents state he was still in the midst of deceiving Habersham Metal. On his University job application, Mullen asked UGA officials not to contact Habersham Metal as a reference.
According to Jackson, “two different people [at Habersham Metal] were contacted and they answered numerous questions and one of the questions we always ask is, ‘is he eligible for rehire’ and they both answered ‘yes.’”
Just goes to show you can’t screw around when conducting an employment background check.
