05/15/2026
This week Tiffany & Nalaboff Investigations contacted a bail bonds company in order to discern if a subject that was arrested for spousal abuse was the same person who applied for a job. In California, criminal records are not filtered by DOB, so if the job applicant has the same name as a criminal, the results show up. Our authorization forms warn applicants of this possibility, and there is a disclaimer on the report, but we understand that these results are concerning for employers. If the criminal record had included the name of the spouse, we could have eliminated it from the report, but victims are not identified in criminal records in most cases. However, the bail bonds company was identified in this case, and they were kind enough to assist. We were able to confirm that the job applicant was not the defendant in the spousal abuse criminal matter.
This week Tiffany & Nalaboff Investigations contacted a bail bonds company in order to discern if a subject that was arrested for spousal abuse was the same person who applied for a job. In California, criminal records are not filtered by DOB, so if the job applicant has the same name as a criminal, the results show up. Our authorization forms warn applicants of this possibility, and there is a disclaimer on the report, but we understand that these results are concerning for employers. If the criminal record had included the name of the spouse, we could have eliminated it from the report, but victims are not identified in criminal records in most cases. However, the bail bonds company was identified in this case, and they were kind enough to assist. We were able to confirm that the job applicant was not the defendant in the spousal abuse criminal matter.