Employee’s fake salary and resume details cost startup over Rs 2 lakh loss: Boss learns a costly hiring lesson
Published on: Feb. 15, 2026, 7:42 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times
A startup boss has claimed that his company suffered a loss of over Rs 2 lakh after hiring a candidate who allegedly falsified details on his resume. Ashutosh Gupta, Chief Business Officer at Praper Media, shared on LinkedIn that the employee misrepresented his salary, work history and even provided a fake managerial reference. The discrepancies came to light after performance issues surfaced two months into the job.
