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REPORT: No background check performed on former executive chef

Posted at 9:17 AM, Mar 28, 2012
and last updated 2012-03-28 09:19:45-04

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – The Governor’s Office failed to order a criminal background check when it hired Todd Schneider as executive chef for Governor’s mansion, according to a report by Anita Kumar in the Washington Post.[Click here to read the report]

“The hiring process for positions within the administration, including at the mansion, requires a full vetting of the applicant and a criminal background check,” McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin told the Post. “There was a departure from this process in the case of Todd Schneider, who was hired very early in the administration.”

Earlier this month CBS 6 confirmed Virginia State Police were investigating Schneider over allegations of “improprieties involving the kitchen operation at the governor’s mansion.”

Schneider owns Seasons Fine Catering in Midlothian.

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