Infosys BGV failed due to forged relieving letter — what happens to future career/BGV?
Note: I used ChatGPT to help draft and structure this post. The situation is real, and I’m looking for advice/experiences from people who have dealt with similar BGV issues.
A friend recently joined Infosys in India. Her education is B.Com → M.Com → MBA.
During her M.Com, she worked for a company for around 7 months. She left because she wanted to pursue her MBA. The company was reluctant to relieve her because her offer letter mentioned an 18-month minimum service period, although she says she never signed any separate bond. Because she left after 7 months, they did not issue her a relieving letter. However, she has genuine payslips and bank statements proving that she actually worked there for those 7 months. Because it was an apprentice so this does not have a UAN entry as well.
Later, in the MBA college placements, she got placed in a small company in Hyderabad, but she had health issues. So she couldn’t continue. So she resigned and came back in one month. They were okay with it and gave her a proper exit with a relieving letter and FnF. This company shows in UAN as well.
Later, she got an opportunity at Infosys that required approximately 1 year of experience. Through a friend’s recommendation, she made the mistake of showing her genuine 7 months of experience as 1 year.
The bigger mistake was that, since she didn’t have a relieving letter, she obtained someone else’s relieving letter and edited it with her own details and submitted it during the Infosys BGV.
Infosys has now caught this. They contacted the previous employer, verified the actual employment tenure, and informed her that her BGV has failed and they consider it a forged-document case.
Today HR told her that her access has been revoked and that there will be a final meeting tomorrow with HR and the BGV team to decide what action to take. She is now planning to be completely truthful and admit what she did.
At this point, she is not primarily worried about losing the Infosys job. She understands that termination is a possibility and is prepared for it. Her main concern is her future career.
I’d really appreciate advice from people familiar with Indian IT BGV/HR processes:
If Infosys terminates her for this, will the termination letter explicitly mention forgery/falsification, or can the company issue a relatively normal relieving/service letter showing only her employment dates and designation?
What normally happens in such cases at large IT companies?
If she later joins another company, and that company conducts BGV with Infosys, what information is Infosys likely to disclose? Will they simply confirm dates/designation, or could they disclose that she was terminated because of a forged document?
Does Infosys maintain an internal record of the reason for termination that could affect future BGVs?
Has anyone personally experienced a similar BGV/forged-document situation in Infosys or another large Indian IT company? What happened afterward?
She is very confused right now and doesn’t know what to say in meeting. She until now didn’t accepted this mistake and was lying about this one year exp. Should stick by that or spill the truth that accepts her mistake.
She knows what she did was wrong. She’s mainly trying to understand how badly this could affect her future career and what to expect from future BGVs.
TL;DR: Friend genuinely worked 7 months at a company but showed it as 1 year to get an Infosys role. Because she didn’t have a relieving letter, she submitted an edited/fake relieving letter. Infosys caught it during BGV, revoked her access, and is holding a final HR/BGV meeting. She’s prepared to lose the job but is worried about her future career. If Infosys terminates her, what will her termination/relieving letter say, and what will Infosys tell future employers during BGV?