Some volunteers helping out at Auskick matches, such as this game in Murrumbeena Park at the weekend, will now be subject to background checks. Photo: Angela Wylie
AUSKICK volunteers and pediatric ward workers will have to submit to background checks by June as the State Government expands its attempts to screen for sex offenders.
At least 20 Florida mortgage brokers maintained their licenses even after committing the most obvious violation of public trust — mortgage fraud.
Hundreds more kept their licenses after other serious crimes. A reputed mobster convicted of racketeering renewed his from prison, records show.
That’s possible because, while some states run criminal background checks each time a broker renews a license, Florida does not.
Instead, the state relies on an honor system. Once regulators issue a license, they trust brokers to self-report future convictions and disciplinary actions taken by other regulatory agencies.
Elderly people who want to avoid nursing homes often employ in-home aids to help meet their day-to-day needs. However, in many cases, the in-home aid industry is unregulated, and advocates for the elderly say that this situation has led to a growing number of cases of elder abuse, neglect or fraud in which home caregivers take advantage of the elderly.
SARASOTA COUNTY – The arrest of a Suncoast woman posing as a teacher is highlighting a new School District policy.
