HomeWorksFinancial ServicesRisk Comes in Many Forms

Risk Comes in Many Forms How three industries used tailored due diligence to stop costly hires before they started

One Solution, Three Industries, Countless Risks Avoided

Background checks aren’t one-size-fits-all. A nurse with a falsified license, a plant technician with falsified experience, or a bank employee flagged for past fraud—each one poses a different kind of operational, financial, and reputational risk. In 2024, three companies from three sectors turned to Circa Logica Group’s Talent Compliance team for one shared goal: to verify before trusting.

Each of these organizations had different compliance triggers. One had just recovered from a DOH audit; another had equipment damaged by an unqualified hire; and one flagged a fraud incident involving fake references. What connected them was the realization that skipping or underestimating due diligence had become too expensive to risk.

Three Scenarios, One Framework

🏥 Healthcare Client (Private Specialty Clinic)

  • Issue: A licensed nurse had used a revoked PRC license under a slightly altered name. Her employment was flagged by a DOH auditor after 4 months.

  • CLG Action: License verification, identity triangulation using government records, residential verification, and academic registrar validation.

  • Result: A similar case was flagged before onboarding the next batch. DOH compliance review was passed with full clearance.

🏭 Manufacturing Client (Regional Auto Parts Manufacturer)

  • Issue: A newly hired production technician caused PHP 370,000 in damage to a critical assembly line, later found to have never completed technical training at his claimed institution.

  • CLG Action: Education history check, trade certificate validation, and skills verification with former employer through indirect references.

  • Result: Policy updated to require CLG clearance for all hires in skilled positions. Two similar cases were caught in the next wave of applicants.

🏦 Financial Services Client (Metro Manila-Based Lending Firm)

  • Issue: An internal audit revealed that an employee had opened multiple loan applications using customer details. Upon review, her previous employer had flagged similar conduct.

  • CLG Action: Conduct and fraud-screening report, reference check with HR escalation protocols, and behavioral red-flag patterning.

  • Result: New requirement for all applicant references to be verified through CLG’s escalation framework. Identity checks expanded to include personal network trace.