- Staff background checks
This is scary that people even want this, because background checks give up no information. They are useless if they were useful then murders would be down.
In a theoretical scenario, if the lead programmer had a hacking charges, the company's compliance officer had identity theft charges, and the CFO had financial fraud charges, and the company never performed background checks to find this out before the hires, you would be completely OK with it? I personally think it would be grounds to sue on gross negligence.
You do know a lot of companies hire hackers who have been charged or found guilty in a court of law to head up security for the company. So where you are quick to judge, they are actually helping you stay safe. I also know of two bitcoin companies that have people with charges (not hacking) against them and you probably use them in someway.
So I would be completely ok with it.