How does this happen?!

[pinkeggs]

For school we have to have background checks. I just got mine back and it said that a criminal record was found on me. Um, I've never been arrested or anything. I've only been pulled over twice in my life! I don't even have any outstanding parking tickets.

So I submitted a dispute and found out that apparently on my record I have been charged with assault and indecent exposure!!! At least the date of the arrest was a time when I was enrolled in a program in another state, which will be easy to prove. But still, wtf?! They have my ssn and birthdate to verify this stuff! How does that mix up happen?

Once I get this cleared and am not in any trouble with my current program, this will be hilarious. As it stands, they are probably going to put me on probation until it's cleared up

[anlo]

That's a scary mix up. Holy shit. I hope you can get it cleared up quickly!

[margotmacomber]

That's fucked up.  

[hopecounts]

Check your credit. Someone may have gotten a hold of your info and used it/sold it for fake ids/papers

[joenali]

Stolen identity? Have you checked your credit report to make sure there aren't any dings on that as well?

[pinkeggs]

We bought a house last year and my credit was really good. This was dated 2007. So probably not an issue, right?

ETA: I will run my credit report anyway

[sergey]

Creepy, definitely run a credit check on yourself.

[Deleted]

Yikes, that's really weird, I hope you get it resolved quickly.

[ginap]

Yowzer. Hope that it gets cleared up really quickly. What a pain for you to deal with.

[anlo]

Since there was an arrest, they would have a photo of this person right? Not that it would help you much to find out who it really is, but it would help further prove it wasn't you.

[iamgrace]

That's crazy.

[bornbaker]

Scary! Hope it gets cleared up quickly!

[pinkeggs]

Jul 11, 2013 18:02:58 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

too far, jlm. too far.



seriously though, this is scary! i hope this gets cleared up asap!

Thanks for the much needed laugh right now

[pinkeggs]

Credit report looks completely fine. So that's good at least.

[polka]

Hope it all gets cleared up soon! Crazy stuff.

[pinkeggs]

Jul 11, 2013 18:35:47 GMT -5 @iteach said:

Did they not run your fingerprints with this background check? As far as I know anytime a person is arrested they are fingerprinted. Your fingerprints should come back clean if you've never been arrested.

No, it was all done online with some secure certified profiling company. Which apparently sucks. But dammit, I will GIVE them fingerprints if they want them!

[Saint Monica]

go you!

[karmasabiotch]

Crazy. Hopefully you will get that sorted out quickly. Good luck.

[purplelemon]

Same thing happened to me once after I got married. Turns out someone in my city has the same name as me. It was cleared up, but it was a pain.

[zoidberg]

My brother almost lost a job offer over this. He has a very common name and someone with the exact name and birthdate was a multiple felon. And he shittiest part was that the burden was on my brother to prove that it was not him. Fortunately he was able to track down court records that showed that the other guy was currently in prison in another state and I guess that was proof enough.

[girlfriday11]

Jul 11, 2013 18:02:58 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

too far, jlm. too far.



seriously though, this is scary! i hope this gets cleared up asap!

Omfg that was hilarious.

[snickers]

Shoot, that is not cool at all.
I hope you are able to sort it out quickly.

[Deleted]

I JUST this morning read an article in the paper about people's identities getting mixed up like this. Weird. I think it was the WSJ. I'll see if I can find it online.
That sucks, I hope you get it fixed quickly.

[Deleted]

Oh, it was the NYT. It was in the OpEd section. Luckily, your credit report is okay!

www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/opinion/to-catch-a-creditor.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

[Captain Serious]

Identity theft. Was this just a name check (name, social, and birthdate), or a fingerprint check. If it's the first, someone likely got arrested and used your information. The name checks often only pull from arrest information, which is whatever the arrestee provides at booking and isn't verified. Further in the process that information is checked out more thoroughly, but the arrest information stays with the record in addition to the verified information.

[pinkeggs]

I think the background check company fucked up. I just ran a check on myself and it came up completely clean. Also, when I got my job a year and a half ago, they ran a background check then that came back fine. This alleged record is dated 2007.

They owe me $80 lol.