Between May 1st and May 5th of 2013, I applied for employment at LIFE ALERT in Tampa Florida located at 1211 North Westshore Boulevard #110 in Tampa, Florida [protected]. LIFE ALERT requested a criminal background check through Intelius..The search revealed an arrest on May 10th 2010 for possesing a prescription without a name on it.The prescription was my prescription.I retained an attorney who collected all of my prescription
records and other material that indicated that this was my prescription which was non - narcotic..It was for my gout and other arthritic conditions.The management confronted me in an aggresive and demeaning manner manner and told me that
because they had Intelius conduct a professional background search
that I was lying.Of course, this rendered me non employable at this business.I had been telemarketing part time since June of 1989 and full time since March of 1998.Yes, there was no doubt that I could perform this job with nothing less than excellence.
This charge never went to court and was sealed in Pinellas County Court System .It was sealed in Septenber of 2011.
Several months after my rejection and harrasenent at Life Alert in 2013, I received a notice from a law firm stating that this had happened to more people and that we were due up to $2000.00 due of the severity of the case and, at least, something due to the fact that they did not even conduct a legal and proper criminal background check.Intelius provided a specific website for the affected employees to lodge their particular
complaint.I called the telephone number provided on the website and asked when the settlement was to be disbursed.They said around April of 2015.
The website that was set up by Intelius for individuals directly affected by Intelius' negligence was taken down with no further contact information.I called and not a single department knew of these faulty background checks even though it had been through the court system.
In retrospect, Intelius saved money by submitting arrest reports gathered from arrests that never had a final despostion.The court system knew it and Intelius admitted it and settled upon their illegal acts.How can this clearly documented case dissapear?