It's waay to easy to fact-check nowadays. Your 'digital footprint' on the web can, and does get checked. Your criminal history and your credit history are easily accessible online, and believe me, they check everyone.

Also, sites like Pipl, Linked-in,  and Facebook are checked regularly by HR types, and can, and are used for disqualifying people for consideration.

What I'm told now, is that the best way is to rewrite every resume you send out, based on the advert you're applying from. Find all the adverbs, and use them intelligently and logically in your resume. Your objective should mention the exact job name, and the exact company name, in the title.
Every resume that comes in for any job in mid-to-large companies is scanned for 'key words'. If it doesn't meet a certain threshold, it's never even seen by a human being.

I've been told there's a 'rule of thumb'. Pick up a piece of paper, hold it with thumb and forefinger. Wherever you thumb falls is about as far as they'll read. If you don't have their attention by then, it gets put in the circular file.

Hope that helps.

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)