Industry Notes:
If you're not conducting criminal background
Published on Wed Jun 09, 2010
If you're not conducting criminal background checks carefully, it could close your doors. That's what happened to Golden Heart In Home Care in St. Albans, W. Va. Back in April, federal prosecutors filed a civil suit accusing Golden Heart and its owners, Shida Jamie and her son Jimmy, of failing to conduct background checks, as well as hiring convicted felons, failing to furnish training and falsifying related documents, and billing for services never performed, according to newspaper reports. The feds raided three locations and seized 55 boxes of documents. A federal judge has closed the company and frozen Jamie's assets. Jamie told the Charleston Gazette she plans to fight the suit. "If I lose, I lose, but I want people to hear me," she told the newspaper. She has asked the judge to unfreeze her assets. The U.S. Attorney's Office also has told Jamie she might face criminal charges. Red [...]