Comment by cyberax
> I work at a small (~30 person) SaaS company. We interviewed what I took to be a case of this the other day (all the classic signs). Nobody would be keeping an eye on our hires or letting us know about this.
I'm in a similar situation. The HR leads company is trying to filter out the fakes, but they can't catch everyone.
Apparently, the infiltrators specifically target the companies in the 10-50 people range. In smaller companies everybody knows what everybody else is doing, so infiltrators will be swiftly uncovered. And larger companies typically have a well-established HR department that will catch obvious fakes without good cover.
But these mid-range companies provide the best chance for the fakes to get at least a couple of paychecks before being uncovered. And they likely won't bother with going to the FBI to chase down the payments.
[Background: We both know companies should (must?) inform the feds if they accidentally (illegally?) hire someone as a part of fraud perpetrated against them.]
>And they likely won't bother
Thank you for your insight. Unfortunate! The rationale makes sense—the temptation to sweep under the rug—but doesn’t make it right, which as established we both know.
…you can perhaps tell I was frustrated with what seemed to be an argument against actually taking this course of action; hope replying here is better than arguing directly downthread esp. in case I misunderstood something