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Lack of due diligence on the part of Richmond,
VA's Law Enforcement and Judicial System causes
Pentagon employee to lose their job and career.
Authorities fail to confirm a criminal suspect's
identity prior to officially arresting him and
entering him into Virginia's judicial system.
Raleigh, NC, USA, April 5, 2006 -- Thaddeus Jones
(TJ), a seasoned Network Engineering and
Information Technology Project Manager, was
recently fired from his job at the Pentagon and
his Top Secret Clearance stripped because someone
stole his identity and was convicted of three
felonies. The felonies were for drug trafficking,
distribution, and possession. Apparently, the
person who stole his identity was arrested and
charged with these felonies in Richmond, VA in
2004 but the charges were later dismissed. The
imposter had no picture identification and law
enforcement authorities never attempted to trace
his fingerprints to confirm who he said he was.
Now, one may say what's the big deal? Just prove
that you weren't the person who they arrested and
everything should be okay. That's easier said than
done. There is a long drawn out legal process to
follow to right the wrong that has been done. Not
only is the process very extensive, it is also
expensive if you want to get it done the right
way. Besides, the damage has already been done and
now TJ has to deal with the reciprocal effects.
His reputation and career has been damaged. Not
only did he lose a job paying over $125k per year,
he is now in jeopardy of losing his home, car, and
life savings. And, because he now has a criminal
record, he cannot find adequate employment until
he clears the mess up.
Before the fraud was uncovered, TJ was planning to
marry and return home to a house he built in
Raleigh, NC. For two years, he desperately sought
employment in North Carolina in his field. He
would always beat out the other candidates and
make it to the last interview. In some cases, jobs
were offered to him only to be rescinded later for
unknown or unspecified reasons. His suspicions led
him to believe that his inability to find work in
North Carolina was racially motivated; however, he
now knows the real reason. Not being able to find
a job in North Carolina, he was forced to travel
back and forth to Arizona, Washington, DC, and
Columbia, SC. Anywhere he could find work.
However, unfortunately for him, every time the
results of the background check came back, he was
released. This caused him to fall into a state of
deep depression.I attempted to find him work at my
company and he was on the verge of being hired,
but because of the nature of the industry that I
work in, background checks are conducted prior to
employment. After he was rejected for employment
at my company, I started to get strange looks from
my management team as well as my peers. The
conversations changed and my integrity was
questioned. Now I know why. A mutual friend of
ours recently got TJ a job with his company.
Actually, this is how and when the stolen identity
case was uncovered. Rather than releasing him, the
Human Resources department informed him of the
results from the background check and gave him one
week to clear it up. Now our mutual friend has to
deal with the same stares and integrity questions
from his colleagues that I was faced with.
A man's life has not only been ruined by a
criminal with obviously nothing to lose, but it
has also been ruined by a law enforcement and
judicial system that failed to initiate due
diligence by not confirming one's identity before
charging them with a felony crime. There has to be
some legislation in place to force law enforcement
agencies to confirm identity of suspects prior to
officially charging them with a crime. This will
prevent this from happening to anyone else. If
not, then there need to be. With limited resources
and no legal representation, TJ is now struggling
to repair the damage that was caused, but his time
is running out before he becomes homeless and
penniless.
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