BACKGROUND CHECK NEWS AND ARTICLES
Reliable Background Screening has a long and successful history performing background checks in a multitude of industries, nationwide. Reliable is widely considered as the experts in the intricacies of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and other background screening regulations. President and CEO, Rudy Troisi, has been a speaker, nationally, at numerous professional organizations on the topic of employee and other background checks. As part of our stated goal to educate our clients about what background information they should have, and what the best methods are to acquire it, please refer to the two areas below, which contain valuable information pertaining to background checks.
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Employee Theft and Workplace Fraud Statistics 2026: What Occupational Fraud Costs Employers
The typical organization loses about 5 percent of its revenue to occupational fraud every year, with a median loss of roughly $145,000 per case and an average approaching $1.7 million. The uncomfortable truth for employers: most of the people committing that fraud are trusted, long-tenured employees who passed their background check, which is exactly why screening has to be paired with monitoring and controls. Key Takeaways Organizations lose [...]
Background Check Industry Statistics 2026
Background screening is now nearly universal: roughly 93 to 96 percent of U.S. employers run some form of check before hiring, inside a U.S. services market worth about $3.2 billion in 2026. Yet as adoption plateaus, the risk it guards against is climbing, with candidate discrepancies, synthetic identities, and AI-assisted resume fraud all trending sharply upward. Key Takeaways The U.S. background check services industry is valued at about [...]
Mid-Year Supplier Review: Is Your Background Screening Provider Truly Reducing Your Risk?
For many organizations, the middle of the year is the perfect time to evaluate suppliers. Companies routinely review insurance carriers, payroll providers, HR technology, accounting firms, and other critical business partners to ensure they continue to deliver value. One supplier that is often overlooked, however, is their background screening provider. Many organizations assume that all background screening companies provide the same information, use the same processes, and deliver [...]
AI in Background Screening & Onboarding: 5 Tips to Reduce Compliance Risk and Improve Screening Decisions for Employees, Tenants, Volunteers, Contractors, Franchisees and Members
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how organizations recruit, screen, and onboard employees, volunteers, contractors, vendors, tenants, franchisees and prospective members. Recent industry estimates indicate that approximately 87% of organizations now use AI-driven tools in some aspects of hiring or onboarding, a figure that has more than doubled over the past two years. Unfortunately, AI adoption is advancing much faster than most organizations' compliance framework. Studies suggest that [...]
Reliable Background Screening Announces Exclusive Partnership with Club Leaders Forum & Platinum Clubs®
SCOTTSDALE, AZ, UNITED STATES, June 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- June 1st, 2026 | SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Reliable Background Screening is proud to announce a partnership with Club Leaders Forum, a premier resource for private club leadership and operations. As the exclusive background screening provider for Club Leaders Forum, Reliable brings a compliant and easy-to-use solution when onboarding members and employees, helping reduce risk of theft, vandalism and violence, while retaining best-in-class [...]
RELIABLE BACKGROUND SCREENING NAMED PREFERRED PARTNER OF TROON
Leading Membership-Focused Background Screening Firm, with Longstanding Track Record of Success in Country Club Operations, to Provide Troon Portfolio of Private Club Partners with Membership and Employee Background Screening Services Scottsdale, Ariz. (June 10, 2026) – Troon Partners Network, a division of Troon®, the leader in providing golf and club-related leisure and hospitality services, today announced Reliable Background Screening, a leading private club-focused background screening firm with a track record [...]
