# Another Background Investigator Caught Falsifying Records

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/another-background-investigator-caught-falsifying-records/18819>\
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**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/another-background-investigator-caught-falsifying-records/18819 "2024-06-24T19:15:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/another-background-investigator-caught-falsifying-records/18819/1 "2024-06-24T19:15:12Z")

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Originally published at: [https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/another-background-investigator-caught-falsifying-records/](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/another-background-investigator-caught-falsifying-records/)  
   
There has been a&nbsp;slew of instances&nbsp;where federal background investigators have been indicted for falsifying their work in regard to completing records checks and interviews. The Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled the latest occurrence in which Christopher Laughlin, a federal background investigator first with the Office of Personnel Management in 2018, then with the Defense Counterintelligence…

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**Author:** ![Dsmith90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dsmith90](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Dsmith90)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/another-background-investigator-caught-falsifying-records/18819/2 "2024-06-26T10:49:19Z")

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I will never understand the appeal of this. It has to take more effort to falsify these interviews that to just complete the work in the first place.