Lying in your CV Can Get You in Jail
Rihannon Mackay probably made one of the simplest and usually common mistakes a person looking for job could make, lying in their resume. Unfortunately for her, this came with a very high price: 6 months in jail.
Mackay was tempted with a good salary, around £23.000, and she decided to include a few aspects about her experience that were no accurate. And she finally got the job, which she maintained for over a year.
But the scam didn’t have a happy ending, after that year, the company had a lot of suspicious regarding the performance of Rihannon, so they’ve started researching about the current capabilities of this 29-year-old woman and she finally confessed that she lied about her capabilities in her CV.
The company took the case to court where she was found guilty of fraud, translating that into 6 months of jail. She also appealed this decision remarking that her decision to lie in her resume was made because was suffering from post-traumatic stress and depression.
Did you ever lie in your resume?
