U.S. Accuses Snowden Background Check Firm of Fraud

The security firm that conducts 45% of all background checks for potential U.S. government employees may have falsified hundreds of thousands of background checks over a four-year period

The Justice Department is accusing U.S. Investigations Services (USIS) of using computer software to "flush" or "dump" 665,000 background checks, submitting them as complete when the company actually had not conducted a thorough review of the candidates, according to a complaint filed on Wednesday. Prosecutors said USIS did so with 40% of all background checks between March 2008 and September 2012, defrauding the government of millions of dollars. Read more...