http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/NEWS01/601270329/1006/NEWS01 The mayor of a California city apologised for lying about his degrees. It turns out he was never awarded a degree. Moral of the story: Truth will catch up with you.
When Enron went down everyone yelled "where were the auditors". Everytime I read one of these I think "where were the HR/Hiring/Media" people.