Ask HN: What do you do if someone lies about being a cofounder?
A few months ago, I hired an independent contractor for a few months. He turned out to be a con man (misrepresented past work experience, got no work done, lied a lot, and stole a lot from us, etc) and was eventually let go. While he has no equity in the company, was never an employee of the company, and was not there for the founding, he claims that he is a co-founder on Linkedin.<p>I would like to never be associated with this person, as I believe him to be a negative signal for all future investors. Plus, just thinking about him as a &quot;co-founder&quot; makes me cringe.<p>What recourse do I have to tell him to stop calling him a co-founder?