Blog Archives
Online Services:
Our remote/online services remain unaffected during load shedding:
Rebranded as TrustCheck Solutions
TrustCheck Solutions a comprehensive solution for businesses seeking to hire trustworthy individuals and maintain integrity in their operations. Our services include consented background screenings and pre-employment screenings, all designed to identify potential issues before they become problems. We also offer marketing support and business intelligence services to help companies make informed decisions about their hiring and business strategies.
At TrustCheck Solutions, we understand that trust is a key component of any successful business relationship. That’s why we provide reliable, accurate, and confidential services to our clients, helping them to make the best possible hiring decisions and mitigating their risks in their operations. Our team of experienced professionals is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of integrity, and we work closely with our clients to develop customized solutions that meet their unique needs.
In today’s complex business environment, maintaining trust and integrity is more important than ever. Let TrustCheck Solutions help you build a foundation of trust and confidence in your hiring and business practices.
Please contact us via email at the above posts link.
Polygraph Testing
We are qualified to perform the following polygraph / lie-detection tests:
Single Issue Test for:
- Theft / Fraud
- Armed Robbery
- Arson
- Assault
- Corruption
- Drug Investigations
- Child Abuse
- Sexual Harassment
- Racial Abuse
Pre-Employment Screening:
- Previous Criminal Convictions
- False certificates and documents
- Undeclared previous employment dismissal
- Previous Undetected Crimes e.g. Theft from previous employer
- Syndicate Involvement
- Narcotic Usage
- Alcohol Abuse
Periodic Testing for:
- Unidentified Criminal Activity within the Work Place
Pre-Employment and Periodic Screening
We understand our clients’ needs to protect themselves against negligent hiring and negligent retention.
We have responded to those needs with a solution that transcends the basic background check and provide effective employment screening solutions.
Our Pre-Employment Screening includes an in depth background check as well as a security assessment interview with the prospective candidate, carried out by an independent forensic investigator.
We provide our clients with critical information with which they can then make an informed recruitment decision.
The cost to the company if the wrong choice is made can run into six figures very easily without taking into account the losses in production and the effect on the rest of the staff.
A pre-employment screening will typically cost less than the cost of a new employee on his or her first day on the job. That’s pocket change compared to the damage one bad hire can cause.
Why don’t you contact us today for an effective solution for your company?
False South African Identity Documents
Identity document forgery is the process by which ID documents issued by governing bodies are copied and/or modified by persons not authorized to create such documents or engage in such modifications, for the purpose of deceiving those who would view the documents about the identity or status of the bearer. The term also encompasses the activity of acquiring identity documents from governing bodies by falsifying the required supporting documentation in order to create the desired identity.
Such falsified documents can be used for identity theft, age deception, illegal immigration and organized crime.
Detection of a “genuine fake” document is a difficult process; as such a fake is a legitimate document, it will pass any tests for forgery. To detect such fakes, it is necessary to perform a background check to confirm the legitimacy of the document’s information. Identity documents can further be examined under an ultraviolet and white light table to check for any changes made to the document.
The green bar coded South African ID has virtually no built in security features. It will take an amateur with only a couple of basic tools only a few minutes to change the document. We are uncovering numerous fake documents on a daily basis – with the impact ranging from obtaining grants that are supposed to be paid to the poor, to a false identity with which a crime is committed or illegal aliens operating as South African citizens.
We have affective solutions to combat both scenarios for much cheaper than you think!
False South African Drivers Licenses
Many professions require the employee to have a valid driver’s licence. This is necessary for insurance purposes and also to ensure that some protection and good care is given to company vehicles which those individuals may be entrusted with driving.
Failure to have a valid drivers licence is the single most quoted reason for insurance companies rejecting accident claims. South Africa has one of the highest drivers licence fraud rates in the world, with estimates of the numbers of invalid drivers licenses of over 20 percent. Out of a group of 20 people, 4 will have a false drivers license.
In fact, you can ever order a false drivers license over the internet and have it delivered to your door. See example below:
Under these circumstances, it is nothing short of recklessness not to ensure that all Drivers Licences and Professional Driving Permits in your company are validated as genuine.
Criminal Records
A considerable number of employees have previous criminal convictions.
These days the only way to check criminal records is trough the use of an AFIS system, where electronic fingerprints are taken and submitted for verification. Companies need to buy special equipment, pay licence fees, and have a Certified Biometrics officer (which has to undergo special training) at hand to take these fingerprints. A lot of smaller companies just can’t afford all these requirements.
Let us take the pain out of criminal record checks for your company.
Fast, effective and for considerably less than what you would expect!
Theft in the workplace
There can be nothing more demoralising on the morale of employees than theft in the workplace by fellow employees. We have probably all experienced an incident of a cellphone or money gone missing out of someone’s handbag.
Companies only start acknowledging the problem when larger items/stock start to dissappear. By this time they hardly ever realise that they have already got a Ring of Thieves in their midsts!
Think about it, it takes more than one person to remove a large item, move it past security and arrange transport.
Theft is a difficult crime to solve (lack of evidence / witnesses) and 90% of the cases are never solved. Law enforcement aren’t equipped to deal with it and don’t always have the time as they concentrate on more serious crimes like rape, robbery and murder.
If it isn’t already happening in your company, it is not a question of will it happen, but when.
Ironically, organizations spend more money on Coffee than on deploying counter measures to protect the organization against internal theft.
We offer Pre-Employment and Background Screening services that will provide you with the right information to make an informed recruitment decision.
Recruitment doesn’t have to be a shot in the dark!
In internal theft cases for example, a polygraph test can be employed with quick and effect results to narrow the suspect pool, before the start of an investigation even, saving company time and resources.
Understanding Retail Shrinkage
Shrinkage refers to the unexplained or unauthorized loss of inventory, merchandise, cash or any other asset from a retail establishment by employee theft, shoplifting, organized retail crime, administrative errors and vendor fraud.
According to the NRA survey, most retail shrinkage is caused by employee theft, representing almost half of the losses (47 percent).
The survey also found that organized retail crime (ORC is a relatively low-risk, high-reward crime conducted by fairly sophisticated and skilled groups of criminals. The thefts usually involve specific small, high-priced items that have a high resale value on the black market, such as baby formula, coffee, steaks, cigarettes, smoking cessation products, eyeglass frames, over-the-counter health products, razor blades, fragrances, batteries, electronic goods, printer ink cartridges, power tools and athletic apparel) is on the increase, with retailers having invested little to curb the problem. Although many assume that most of a retail company’s shrinkage is the result of shoplifting, more thefts and losses from stores are internal, committed by employee’s.
East Rand 