Find Lawyer =“cease and desist” letter to the former employer. This letter prohibits the former employer from releasing any information other than your job title and dates of employment.
If you have been tagged and having problems finding interviews + Job then you are seeing a form of blacklisted by these employers.
This is wide spread practice in India, started by notorious Indian IT services company called Tech mahindra belonging to the mahindra and mahindra group. and has spread to other companies the indian IT services cartel called nasscom.
Now these are being brought into USA by these folks. Spread the work as these firms are setting shops in USA and are trying to impose low pay and harsh working conditions in USA
maybe it's just me but what am i supposed to do with this info?