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  • Photo of a woman looking worried and biting at her fingernails

    Understanding The Victim Notification System And Crime Victims’ Safety

    December 17th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer In 1993, a woman from Kentucky, Mary Byron, was raped, assaulted, and stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who was then arrested for those crimes. Unfortunately, he was released from jail when someone posted his bail. A short while after,...

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    How ‘Red Flag Laws’ Could Stop Shootings Before They Happen

    December 10th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Earlier this year, in April, eight people were killed by a 19-year-old at a FedEx facility in Indiana. The shooter’s mother had reported to police over a year earlier, in March 2020, that her son had confided to...

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    Scam Alert: Don’t Be A Mule, A Money Mule That Is

    December 3rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Only yesterday, Dec. 2, Europol announced the results of a massive international law enforcement operation that targeted money mules. The operation, codenamed EMMA 7 (i.e. the European Money Mule Action), involved 26 countries including the U.S., and led...

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  • Photo depicting a "for rent" sign in a window

    How Renters Can Protect Themselves From Scams

    November 26th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer As the saying goes, where there’s a will there’s a way. A perverse version of this axiom is also applicable to fraudsters and criminals, who are always on the lookout for an opportunity to scam others. Whether that...

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    Who Is Required To Report Suspected Child Abuse And When

    November 19th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Aara Ramesh Last month, we wrote about some gaps in the child welfare system that can lead to children in foster care being abused. Unfortunately, the reality is that it’s not just those children who can fall prey to abuse. Almost...

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    How To Protect Yourself From Cybercrimes: An Introduction

    November 5th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometric staffer Only yesterday, Nov. 4., we wrote about how the Justice Department had said in an interview with the Associated Press that they are stepping up firepower in the battle against ransomware attacks and cybercrime. The number of cybercrime...

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    All About The FBI’s Identity History Summary Checks

    October 29th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer If you are planning to apply for a new job, especially a federal one, or are planning to foster or adopt a child, or are considering other similar new opportunities or decisions in your life, it's very likely...

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    How To Recognize A Potential School Shooter

    October 22nd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Aara Ramesh On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Nikolas Cruz, 23, pled guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted first degree murder for his shooting spree at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018. Despite this,...

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    Home Healthcare Background Check ABCs

    October 15th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer A paper published in 1999 stated, in very simple terms, that fraudulent and abusive practices in the home healthcare space are costly. They damage the integrity of the home health agency, the home care industry, and home care...

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    How You Can Help Prevent Your Young Child From Buying Drugs Online

    October 8th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer A few months ago, Reuters News analyzed data from the National Emergency Medical Services Information System, which represents almost 90% of all emergency responses in the U.S., and found that during the pandemic, “the rate of drug-related 911...

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    Gaps In An Overburdened System Mean That Children In Foster Care Are Too Susceptible To Abuse

    October 1st, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Aara Ramesh A year ago, last October, USA TODAY reported in a bombshell investigation that a foster father in Florida had been arrested in 2019 and had pleaded guilty to charges for rape, molestation, and producing and consuming child sexual abuse...

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    Sextortion Complaints Are On The Rise Again, And The Victims Span All Age Groups

    September 24th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer There's been a large increase in the number of sextortion complaints made to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warned at the start of this month. As of July 31, 2021,...

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    Staged Accident Scams: An Introduction

    September 17th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Between 2015 and 2017, two ringleaders of a gang in New Orleans allegedly staged at least 100 accidents in a scam that was targeted at defrauding trucking and insurance companies. As part of a federal investigation into intentional...

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    How Crime Gun Intelligence Centers Use Technology & Evidence To Combat And Prevent Violent Crime

    September 3rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Deepti Govind "We know that shooters don't just stop after one shooting," ATF (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Special Agent Fred Milanowski told ABC 13 News in May. The first shooting is hard, the second one is a...

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    Congratulations, You’ve Won The Lottery… Scam?

    August 27th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Winning the lottery is normally associated with excitement and happiness. And, let's be honest, it's something many of us have wished would happen to us and make us wealthier overnight. Yet, it's wise to not let that dream...

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    Extortion Scams Targeting Families Who Share Missing Person Posts Are On The Rise

    August 20th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning in May asking the public to be wary of scammers looking to extort family members of missing persons who share details on social media. The goal of these missing...

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    How ‘The Youths’ Are Being Scammed By Influencers Into Investing In Cryptocurrency

    August 13th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Aara Ramesh A couple of months ago, members of an esports organization called FaZe Clan started promoting a new cryptocurrency called “Save the Kids,” which promised to “build a better world for kids” through donating some proceeds of the sales of...

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    How Pilots Arrested For Driving Drunk Or High Can Still Fly Without Anyone Ever Knowing

    August 6th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Aara Ramesh In July, a pilot from Florida was convicted for operating a commercial airplane despite his airman’s certificate having been revoked and his medical certificate being suspended by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on May 7. According to the FAA,...

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    Commercial Driver’s License Background Checks: An Overview After The New FMCSA-DOT Rule

    July 30th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Two weeks ago, a Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General audit found that states fail too often when it comes to transmitting driver electronic conviction notifications in a timely manner to federal regulators, Transport Topics reported. What does...

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    Beware The Newest Type Of Fraud On The Block: Child Tax Credit Scams

    July 23rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer On Wednesday, July 21, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a warning urging parents to be aware and on the alert for criminals trying to steal their personal and financial information, as families across the country are starting to...

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    Contractor Fraud: ‘If You Didn’t Request It, Reject It,’ Says NICB

    July 16th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer After someone has been evacuated from their home or been impacted in any other way by a natural disaster, the last thing they'd want is to fall victim to something else. Yet that's what happens to many Americans...

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    Senior Citizens Lost $1B To Scammers Last Year — A Look At The Most Common Elder Fraud Schemes

    July 9th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Deepti Govind Millions of elderly Americans become the victims of some kind of financial fraud or internet scam each year. Just last year, for instance, senior citizens in the country lost $1 billion to fraud. That's an increase of roughly $300...

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  • Representative photo of a person talking on a cellphone | Photo by Thomas B. | Pixabay

    Phone Scams Affected Nearly 60M Americans In The Past Year — How To Identify Them

    July 2nd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Deepti Govind Sample this: Nearly one-in-three Americans have fallen victim to a phone scam in the past year, according to a report from Truecaller published last week. In total, Americans lost an estimated $29.8 billion, the report added. Of the survey...

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    Flying This Summer? Here’s A Quick Look At How The TSA And FBI Keep You Safe

    June 25th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Since the start of this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received around 3,100 reports of unruly behavior by passengers, including about 2,350 reports of passengers refusing to comply with the federal mask mandate. In January, the...

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    Moving Fraud: Red Flags And Tips For Moving Homes Securely

    June 18th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer For those who want to make easy, illegal money, any kind of enterprise can present itself as a potential opportunity. With more than 35 million Americans moving homes each year, the moving industry is a ripe target for...

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  • Representative photo of a Victorian style home in California | Photo by Merrill Lyew | Pixabay

    Real Estate Wire Frauds Are Still On The Rise: What You Need To Know To Protect Yourself

    June 4th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer There were 13,638 victims of real estate/rental fraud in 2020, amounting to a loss of over $213 million according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Internet Crime Report for the year. That's a 16.7% jump in victim...

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    Federal Rules On Reasonable Suspicion Testing For Workplace Substance Abuse

    May 28th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer With several states across the U.S. legalizing the use of cannabis, for medical and/or recreational purposes, over the past six months or so, we began a series of posts on topics related to drug-free workplaces. Our very first...

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    Sex Offenders’ Registries And Background Checks: An Introduction

    May 21st, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer In previous posts, we've explained Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidances on background checks, how negligent hiring can cost a company, and whether prospective employers can run checks on potential employees....

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  • Drug-free workplace sign

    Drug-Free Workplace Programs: A Brief Introduction

    May 14th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Several states across the U.S. have legalized the use of cannabis, either for medical or recreational purposes or both, over the past six months or so. With that comes questions for employers on how to address a possible impact...

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    404: Signature Not Found

    May 7th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Kevin King We’ve come a long way from when we had to sign paper receipts when paying by credit card, and then have a store manager or cashier look over at that receipt and the signature at the back of the...

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    An Eye On The Sky … And The Ground: The FAA’s ITS System: A Backgrounder

    April 23rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Imagine flying an airplane with nothing but a magnetic compass to guide you. Sounds impossible? But that was, in reality, the only navigation tool aviators once had to guide them on flights, making early aviation a risky business....

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  • Hospitals have multiple points of entry and any number of people walk in and out, unobserved, through the day. It's important to assess threat potential, in real-time, when it matters. Photo © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.com

    29 Million Healthcare Records Were Compromised In 2020, But You Can’t Protect Your Cyber World If You Leave Your Real World Unsecured

    April 16th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Wyly Wade Section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights, to post notice of any breach of unsecured protected health information that affects 500 or more individuals. According to...

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    When Is A Company That Does Background Checks Considered A Consumer Reporting Agency?

    April 9th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica Staffer According to an October 2019 report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), there were 1,954 background screening companies operating in the United States in that year, with a total revenue of about $3.2 billion. According to the...

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  • A map of state/territory participation in NICS in the United States. The FBI's NICS Section provides full service to Federal Firearms Licensees in 30 states, five U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. The NICS Section conducts long gun background checks in seven states. The remaining 13 states conduct their own firearm background checks through the NICS. Twenty-five states issue ATF-qualified alternate permits that may substitute for a NICS background check.

    March Madness Fuels Record Q1 For Firearm Background Checks In The U.S.

    April 2nd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Anand Vasu A substantial surge in March, a month which had several mass shootings as the United States began returning to business as usual, resulted in the FBI conducting more background checks for individuals wanting to buy firearms in the first...

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    Can A Prospective Employer Run A Background Check On You?

    March 26th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer The short answer, yes. The longer answer is that yes, they can, but for most kinds of background checks, including obtaining a criminal background check report, running a credit check, or information on school transcripts, they need permission...

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    Negligent Hiring: It Can Cost Your Company Millions

    March 19th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Charlotte Spencer Sometimes the paperwork involved in bringing on a new hire can seem like a mere formality that you don’t want to spend time and money on. Recent court cases, however, demonstrate just how risky it can be to skip...

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  • Close-up Of Human Hand Filling Criminal Background Check Application Form With Pen | © Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com

    What Do The FCRA And EEOC Guidance On Background Checks Say?

    March 12th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Employers of all stripes, private corporations, NGOs, public agencies, schools, colleges, hospitals, delivery services, home health care providers, political campaigns, even religious organizations, use background screening reports to make a determination on potential or current employees, contractors, volunteers...

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