Employment Screening Tidbits in the News
New findings on executive director accused of stealing from charities
You might remember my last blog entry, about the death of non-profit which pointed the finger at it’s executive director who coincidentally went missing. The same online news source reported new developments in the story. It turns out it’s executive director, Louanne Aponte, had siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars from the two charities she worked with.
This past Friday prosecutors charged Aponte with two felony counts of theft and two counts of misapplication of fiduciary property. Aponte is still missing and colleagues say she might be in Venezuela where her husband has relatives. It is still unknown how she was able to attain her position while having a record for stealing from her employers. According to the article she was still on parole when hired by the nonprofit Austin Families to work in it’s finance department.
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Background checks = cheap insurance policy
That’s the conclusion Mower County officials came to when deciding to start conducting criminal background checks on certain new employees.
“This is just common sense,” Mower County Attorney Kristen Nelsen said. “You need to know who you are hiring.”
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Several Missouri school districts consider criminal background checks for school board members
After a school board member is charged with statutory rape and possession of child pornography, four school districts are looking into requiring background checks for all school board members.
“We need to step up to the plate like our churches have and our non-for-profit groups have, and say ‘hey, if you’re going to work with kids you need to have a background check,’” says Joplin School Board President Randy Steele.
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