Here's how an expunged case can keep coming back to haunt you. You went to court, you got a diversion, or you got your case dismissed, and you got it expunged from your public record. That's the keyword here, public record. There are some third-party databases out there that will buy information and sell it to people, and they might sell a database that's old, and they're still reporting that crime that you allegedly committed 5 years ago. If you've got an expungement order, you need to write to that person and threaten them if they don't remove it. They will remove that information if you present them with an expungement order.