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Affordable Care Act Navigator Found to Have Outstanding Warrants

This is troubling.  A director for one of the outreach and enrollment centers, serving as navigators to facilitate the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as some like to say, was found to have outstanding warrants. the person in question apparently has a civil charge for a bad check, is in arrears on her tax bills, and has an outstanding arrest warrant for, so far, unspecified charges.

Apparently, the federal government did not require background checks on the ACA navigators.  To me this increases the risk of identity theft.   The navigator, I would assume, while facilitating the healthcare process, would be given access to an applicants private data.  Someone desperate could lift the applicant’s identity and use it in any number of ways.  Most of them are illegal.

I find it odd that while it is for just cause people are demanding background checks for firearms purchases, the navigators with access to ACA applicant’s personal data are getting a pass.

This article from the Daily Caller is of interest.  Millions of persons are victims of identity theft every year.  I would think it imprudent for any official body to be enablers of this additional crime.

Here is an excerpt from the article…”“[T]he main concern for consumers is the heightened risk of identity theft and financial loss from a poorly managed outreach campaign,” the Oversight Committee report said. “Navigators and Assisters will come into contact with a plethora of personally identifiable information (PII), including an applicant’s Social Security number, date of birth and income, as well as the PII of everyone in an applicant’s household.”

The Obama administration’s decision not to require background checks for navigators compounds the privacy risks, the Oversight Committee wrote.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/14/obamacare-navigator-in-kansas-has-outstanding-arrest-warrant/#ixzz2hosxasSC

 

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Employee Theft–Head of Jewish Charity Accused of Multi-Million Theft

Employees can rob you blind.  Employee theft has been on the increase since the middle of the Great  Recession.  Desperate people commit desperate acts.  And venal people just want to enrich themselves.

So now here is a god that became the head of one of the most prestigious charities.  Almost from the beginning, police say, he started to steal.  In all he allegedly took around $5 Million.  From a charity.  Nice work.  If you are a scumbag.   Some of the money allegedly went to his co-conspirators.   Fellow scumbags.

According to the article in the New York Times….”The charges, which the complaint said were in some measure based on investigators’ interviews with Mr. Rapfogel and the two people referred to as co-conspirators, stem froman inquiry by the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, and the state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli. They began to look into Mr. Rapfogel’s stewardship of Met Council after the organization detected the improprieties and alerted state authorities.

“It’s always sad and shocking when we discover that someone used a charity as their own personal piggy bank — but even more so when that scheme involves someone well respected in government and his community,” Mr. Schneiderman said in a news release announcing the charges.

Mr. DiNapoli said, “The scale and duration of this scheme are breathtaking.”

Sometimes background checks won’t reveal that someone is a thief. Sometimes they do.  But then there are other signs that may be telling.  An upgrade in the automobile, better suits, jewelry.  Running MVR driving records can indicate

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Court Delays in Washington D.C.

For those who order background checks for pre-employment screening, please be aware that there are delays in Washington D.C. for county criminal records searches and county civil records searches.   The shutdown of the federal government has caused a backlog in these orders.

Due to the ongoing Congressional budget impasse, courts in Washington, D.C. are experiencing reporting delays. We will keep you apprised of any court closures or changes in service as the situation unfolds.