This is about as intelligent of a statement as "Greg R. provides good posts on the forums but if he starts hanging out with criminals, then he can easily evolve into those guys." 

This is beneficial to both parties as long as the signal indicates a desirable attribute - a signal such as a criminal record may not be so desirable."

Couldn't someone make the argument that BP is facilitating criminal activity if what is being said is true?

They were trying to dilute the concentration of criminals in certain areas which they felt would lower overall crime.

If they are that's when I direct them to the service I use for credit, criminal, eviction checks.

Also, Seattle now requires that you take the *first* application or you will be sued and you now can not do a criminal check.

Is it normal to do a criminal background check along with the credit history?

The difficulty from what I see is that these sorts of scams are mostly small and local police are ill equipped to investigate and prosecute especially since most of the criminals are not local.

(Sadly, Elon was more interested in the Twittersphere.)The way laws are written/enforced; it's almost impossible to prosecute and convict competent white-collar criminality, as the smart crooks have found all manner of ways of creating quasi-legitimate facades/presentations that play on people's gullibility and "greed"....this ethos permeates all sectors.

They didn't care that she was on the fast track to becoming a criminal.