Imagine giving important tasks to someone you hired, only to find out later that they had a long past of serious crimes that ...

After he was hired, the man was arrested in his uniform on suspicion of attempting another sexual assault He's serving a four ...

About 22 percent of all firearm transfers in the United States proceed without background checks. 11 For a prohibited person or a purchaser with criminal intent, a private-party transaction is ...

Washington employers will soon be subject to new, more burdensome rules under recent amendments to the Washington Fair Chance Act. Passed ...

Next summer, certain people with past convictions will be eligible to apply for their criminal records to be sealed — meaning ...

A council does not know how many of its staff who require criminal record checks have had one completed, it has emerged. Norwich City Council has been told to urgently find out who has undergone ...

There was missing data for 41 out of 54 members of staff whose job required an enhanced DBS check A council does not know how many of its staff who require criminal record checks have had one ...

The trove of court records, which had been sealed, opens a window into the criminal case and shows that even as Washington officials were backing away from the prosecution, investigators in ...

The probe comes less than one month after the Trump administration referred her for potential mortgage fraud. James and her niece, Shamice Thompson-Hairston, purchased a home in Norfolk, Virginia, for ...

“We are noticing there are a lot of complaints that criminal record checks are taking a while,” Essex Mayor Sherry Bondy told Essex Council during the April 22 meeting. That is holding up ...

Investigation follows April referral by FHFA Director Bill Pulte; potential charges include wire, mail, and bank fraud The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a formal criminal investigation ...

The DOGE checks, proposed as 20% of federal savings from the Department of Government Efficiency, require $2 trillion in savings to be feasible. The proposal faces challenges, including ...