Re:Ask HN: Have you experienced “hiring fraud?”
by lazide on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:04PM
(#33000429)
And now the button appears. See reply right above you.
And you're wrong - lying about MATERIAL facts, events, or qualifications to get a job is a crime.
Lying that you had a dog when you were a kid (when it's not relevant), for instance? No problem. That's not likely to be a material fact.
If you're interviewing to be a host of a kids show about dogs?
A problem.
Just not one most people are willing to make a case over. There also is the court precedent about 'mere fluffery' or 'puffery' not adding up to a lie, which would need to get worked out somehow. See [https://contractslawinaction.law.miami.edu/?page_id=171]
There is a line, for instance, between exaggeration and lying, that not everyone would agree where it sits.
I doubt that it really happened since as you may have hinted, no prosecutors are interested in pursuing these cases for lack of sympathy as you put it, which I can't verify, or failure of winning the case which I suspect to be the chief motive here since misrepresenting facts or exaggerating events on your resume is not a crime.