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Can you cite any cases where US authorities prosecuted such applicants for lying on their resumes? I doubt that it really happened since as you may have hinted
by FerociousTimes 4y ago
Can you cite any cases where US authorities prosecuted such applicants for lying on their resumes?
I doubt that it really happened since as you may have hinted, no prosecutors are interested in pursuing these cases for lack of sympathy as you put it, which I can't verify, or failure of winning the case which I suspect to be the chief motive here since misrepresenting facts or exaggerating events on your resume is not a crime.
- lazide 4y agoAnd now the button appears. See reply right above you. And you're wrong - lying about MATERIAL facts, events, or qualifications to get a job is a crime. Lying that you had a dog when you were a kid (when it's not relevant), for instance? No problem. That's not likely to be a material fact. If you're interviewing to be a host of a kids show about dogs? A problem. Just not one most people are willing to make a case over. There also is the court precedent about 'mere fluffery' or 'puffery' not adding up to a lie, which would need to get worked out somehow. See [https://contractslawinaction.law.miami.edu/?page_id=171 https://contractslawinaction.law.miami.edu/?page_id=171] There is a line, for instance, between exaggeration and lying, that not everyone would agree where it sits.