This is to elaborate further regarding the original post for "disorderly conduct":

The original CHARGE was "petty larceny" (shoplifting) with a "conditional discharge" (which I've met) for "disorderly conduct" & was then sealed (I ran a search on myself & it has indeed been sealed).

1) Will the original charge for petty larceny be problematic with regard to employment in a banking institution (where integrity is a valid issue) or any other types of employment (such as insurance, etc) even though it was discharged as a disorderly conduct, which is technically a violation?

2) I was fingerprinted, although I only received confirmation from the county that they were destroyed, along with a request forwarded to the FBI to delete them from their records. I don"t think it will ever be deleted:
a) is my fingerprint record also sealed?
a) what will the FBI fingerprint search reveal about my record to the bank (I was required to submit them)?
b) if my record is indeed sealed from "public record", will this fingerprint search also apply to any other positions in highly regulated industries (i.e. isurance, securities, brokerage, etc.)?

Any & all insights are welcome, thank you.

Still Very Paranoid
(I've been at the bank for 2 weeks now, & counting... )

Hi,
Since the employer hired you, STOP worrying about the past. They have already run their check on you.
Best of luck.

Further to my original question/post:

Yes, I've been here 2 weeks, but I was hired & started BEFORE I filled out the employment application or any other paperwork. I only just submitted my fingerprints last week during lunch. And HR just asked yesterday for further tax records from one of my former employees - so it appears that they are serious about performing the background check, just very SLOWLY.

Thanks to all.

Hello trevaj:

I used to be confident in the fact that I could apply for just about any job, and my background would not be discovered. In the future, I believe that everything that can be known about someone, will be known by someone.

Right now, I believe we are somewhere in the middle. What "expungement", or "sealed" used to mean, doesn't mean it anymore. I also believe that the rules have been thrown out. I'll use your situation as an example of what I mean.

You're absolutely right. Your fingerprint record was NOT destroyed by the FBI. That's a rule that you know in your heart they're violating. Next, let's say that they get an inquiry from your bank. By the way, the inquiry isn't going to be from your bank. It's going to be from some private background investigative agency, which more than likely is staffed with x-FBI agents. So, let's say the inquiry reaches an agent in the fingerprint ID section. He knows that he's not supposed to tell his buddy at the agency about your record, but do you think (in your heart) that he's going to follow the rules??

No, you don't. What else is there to say?

excon

Apply to see your FBI record under the Freedom Of Information Act. You should be able to get it. You will then know what a fingerprint check will return.