England Cracks Down On Resume Liars: The fraud prevention service says students face jail for lying on their CVs as figures show a 60 per cent rise in the number of people caught making false job applications

The Telegraph reports:

Students have been threatened with jail for embellishing their CVs amid growing concerns that graduates may be tempted to tell “white lies” to get ahead in the jobs market.

Fraud prevention officers have sent a new guide to every university in the country warning students of the consequences of inflating their degree grade, doctoring their employment history or making up personal references.

Some students have been jailed for six months for lying on job application forms, it emerged, but the offence carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in the most serious cases.

The disclosure came as figures showed a sharp rise in employment-related fraud, with prosecutions soaring by almost 60 per cent in just 12 months.

According to CIFAS, the UK fraud prevention service, 324 people were prosecuted in 2013 for all forms of fraudulent applications, including submitting false paperwork and withholding information. This compared with just 205 a year earlier.

Probably another sign of a higher education bubble and a bad job market.