Still to respectfully disagree. Susan's approach is excellent, her own problem resolved brilliantly, and I don't see that she says action is mandatory.

One thing hit me this morning, and in line with what wysiwyg's post. Since when does someone get a job, especially a job of this nature, based on a blind application, as opposed to a personal contact within the organization?

And don't miss that that incognito's superior has responsibility here. The question, as I see it, relates to the details of how the successor entity did the reference check, and may have been duped. This is a matter for incognito's superior's to handle, by my vote, if I had a vote, which I don't.