What could happen during my background check? 5+ Years Ago I got Charged, 2 Years Ago I got A Record, Today I got an Offer From Big Four Accounting Firm

Please…..get ready to read a long post. I will provide a tl;dr though I ask that you please consider reading the whole thing for some context. It's a good read and would give you more tools to provide a more in-depth answer if you do have the time!

tl;dr (provided by pwchero)

Two+ years after I received my record, but more than 5 years since the charge… have a criminal record, received an offer from Canadian Accounting firm pending successful clearance of background check. Asking Reddit if firm (big 4 type of firm) will rescind my offer.

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Thinking about what to write on this thread, makes it feel as though I am writing a book. I don’t know where to start, and sometimes I go on for rants that include logic, critique, higher-level thinking and philosophical views on life. 5 Years ago was anything but that, I was a different person, someone shrouded by some mystery that I still wonder to this day who that person was and how he came about.

I say he because I am disgusted and ashamed of who this beast was and how he carried my name for XX (in my early 20s) years. I was XX and in business school, life was seemingly amazing. I was in a different university at one point taking something I didn’t like and then I switched and worked hard in another university only to eventually get accepted into business school after having bad grades in this degree I previously tried to take.

I had a girlfriend, family was okay I think, had my siblings going well into their lives successfully and I was next. All hell went loose shortly after… I can’; t say much right here as to what exactly I got charged with, but what I can say was that barely 2 months in I was given this offer to take which would basically have me take a record and some conditions that fall off eventually, and serve a 3 months sentence. Which in Canada is not much considering you basically get out almost as soon as you went in relatively.

We decided to fight as a family as we believe there were some false facts and massive irregularities in the entire thing, there was no way to this day that it was correct what has happened.

Fast forward three and a half years later, after refusing another offer, and we decided to continue fighting, while on bail, which by the way was a living hell, I was a wreck. I was a complete mess that ended making my father retire a little earlier than he wanted to, and I costed my family so much pain and suffering, and financial burden…which to this day gives me so much anxiety it’s not even funny. I had taken different jobs here and there, worked and kept busy, kept my nose clean and tried my very best to stay sane. It was the summer of that year, after we tried to have the matter looked at for some pretty hefty and serious delays, the argument was not accepted as I was pretty much just given a pretty bad hand (in aspects of judge and crown etc.), but in hindsight, it was the absolute best damn thing that ever happened in my life. Not because of the charge but because overall, I knew that I have not been the person I should have been. I’ve had a very good upbringing, very great, amazing loving parents, beautiful life, dedicated siblings, and blessed with world-class education systems all my life. I have traveled, I have been on vacations, I have had whatever my parents felt was right for me to have. Though, I did have a dark side to my childhood which included extremely harsh bullying. Some from other kids, verbal, very physical, and in some instances… my own teacher(s). I remember my parents telling me that a teacher of mine even shoved me in a closet in class and she was overall just a bad teacher, they even tried to get her fired because of the complaints she gets from other parents. Imagine getting shoved in a closet when you’re 3 or 4 years old. Pens chucked at your head by teachers who shame you for not memorizing religious passages in a religion class you really couldn’t care about, because you’re 4 and all you want to do is watch Scooby Doo or play with trains or go swim and kick a ball around.

Ya. That happened.

So anyways… That was ranting up there by the way. 3.5 years after the charge, I received my record by way of sentencing. It was 18 months. Here’; s the irony though…. Since I promised myself on that day, that going in (by the way going in sucks, watching my mother saying goodbye to me felt like you were dying but conscious and saying goodbye before going to some perpetual hell of a messed up afterlife) that I would have to change. I would have to seek any help needed and I had to plan a way out.

3 Months later, I was in front of a parole board…I got what I was told, is the rarest concession anyone can ever receive. The parole board had told me that they felt that I received an extremely harsh sentence and that they could see how much of a loving support system I have, my father was there, he didn’t speak much though I was expecting he would be there covering me like he always does…instead. I spoke from my heart; I spoke about everything and I presented my plan. I got it. I got out in 3 months and instead, I served pretty long parole (because of how early I got out...which actually has worked to my advantage...especially when you've been on bail for 3.5 years, followed by pretty much 2 years of more community type supervision) and when it ended, I basically had very little time left on my probation, which is now going to be removed I believe from the court, or I believe has been (getting word on that soon).

Fast forward 6 months or so, I was accepted into a University. Back to where the first university roots began, and I got into a very prestigious and prominent business school. I bought myself a very nice car, one I am proud of to this day as It wasn’t just a normal Hyundai or anything like that, it was higher end and I bought it with my own money so I can learn to fix it, maintain it, be independent.

Fast forward 1.5 years, I have received nothing but straight A’s. I had not gone to university for over 3.5 to 4 years as my previous university were not so kind. I have received All A’s and imagine not taking a test or quiz or studying for that long…and you start to get the hang of it. The brain is a muscle. Don’t use it and guess what happens…. you pretty much become an illiterate vegetable.

Not only that, I had gone for a variation, in front of the SAME sentencing judge and the SAME crown, who GRANTED me my concessions. Not only that, they commended me and were actually proud of my results….go figure. The Justice system works in ways people don’t typically think of, or refuse to see.

So again, it’s been about two- and a-bit years since the actual sentence, but more than 5 years since the charge… I have been networking, keeping my nose clean in life, building great online profiles and great reputations. I even started my own taxation and accounting business and made my own website and got clients around my city. I would serve the community that I failed, by getting charged, and would end up having people writing me letters of reference that to this day I keep re-reading. These references, along with my networking, and just my hard work, dedication, and very open and polite approach, landed me not 1, not 2…not3 …but 4 coffee appointments, follow-ups and interviews. The last firm ended up knowing about the other offers and did not tell me until after the fact. I ended up getting contacted by a partner, who invited me to a coffee with a student, who then took me back to the office to show me around. Then, I get a call from another partner from that same office who wanted to meet me. I go back the next day, we meet, we talk, we laugh, he tells me he knows I was talking to xyz firms and eventually told me that the firm would love to have someone with my excitement and level of insight. They even said that my little business ended up causing some buzz around the office and a few problems here and there!

I accepted the offer, out of excitement out of hope….that 4 partners had reached out to me within 48 hours…congratulating me….on getting the one and very job, my dream, that I have been waiting all these years even BEFORE I got charged, but I didn’t think about it until now that this is actually the firm I’ve been wanting to get into. The partners are even telling each other how excited they are to meet me and in one instance, a partner telling another that “you really have to meet this guy”. I haven’t even started working, let alone getting a background check, and this is the kind of email I receive from someone who was told this? I mean… I was pretty much brought to tears.

I am now facing a background check. I am terrified, I am shook. I am doing everything I can to go back in front of the judge some time to make sure that I have nothing pending, outstanding, conditions cleared up and what not if any, and of course to show my results. My father calls me a phoenix rising from the ashes, and he has made this clear to many members of the justice system after the fact….and I can feel that many share the same sentiment. I have no idea how I got here today. Don’t ask me, but what I can say is this….do what it takes to get what you want. Don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t, don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t get your dream and that they understand you.

I just want to know though…. What is going to happen? My sister in HR tells me that the background check company will see the charges and may end up disclosing the exact charge to HR, which we are not so certain, but she did say that in Canada, you are not allowed to be denied on the basis of a record. I was honest and open about the charge. I even left a note inviting the background check company to call me for further questions and verifications. All I know is, I keep receiving words of encouragement from all my friends, family, peers, colleagues at school and future (hopefully) colleagues at work about how proud they are for me to have received an offer.

Today I stand proud. A man who understands the world ahead of him, and someone who understands his mental health more, and the mental health of others a lot more. I know what it means and how it affects peoples lives, and I know that getting the help you need makes all the difference in the world, offer or not.

What can you tell me? P.S I didn’t kill anyone or anything like that, but I am not happy about my charge

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