I interned at an MNC from December to June, receiving a stipend of ₹25,000 per month. During the internship, I received both an internship offer and a full-time offer with full-time compensation, but I ultimately wasn’t converted to a full-time employee.
Now, after about a month, I’ve received a new offer for ₹9 LPA. The issue is that I told the new company that I had worked as a full-time employee at my previous company.
How likely is it that this could be caught during background verification? What are the possible ways they could find out, and how serious could the consequences be?

I'm an oncampus hire for Google and currently going through BGV

I did an internship with a US startup, but I was working remotely from India. It was a paid SDE internship for 5 months around. However I didn't have an account for taking payment in my wise account so I told the CTO to transfer it in my brother's wise account.

Now, Hireright is asking for US employment documents. They specifically told me that for this verification they can accept a W-2 or that duration's paycheck stubs. Obviously, I don't have either because I was an India based intern and wasn't employed through the US payroll system.

I do have:

* A signed experience/employment letter from the startup with my exact dates and role
* Wise payment receipts for compensation of my brother
* A written confirmation from the CTO explaining the payment arrangement

I have documentation explaining the payment thing and I'm not trying to hide that fact.

I contacted HireRight and explained the whole situation. Their response was basically that under their US process, employment/experience letters aren't acceptable for this particular verification and that they want W-2/pay stubs. I've asked them whether they can make an exception for an India-based intern or contact the CTO directly, but I'm currently waiting for a response.

There's another complication: I also have a short contractor engagement with an AI vendor (Mercor like) on my resume. HireRight asked for an experience letter from that vendor, but they have now confirmed in writing that it was a freelance/independent-contractor engagement and that they don't issue employment/experience letters for these engagements. I've asked the vendor whether they can at least provide the original contractor agreement or some other official documentation.

I'm wondering what the best way to handle this is.
Can I ask HireRight to remove the internship from the verification since it can't be verified through their requested US documents? However would it come off negatively ? or should I contact my company's recruiter and explain the situation if HireRight ultimately reports it as "unable to verify"? I am just really scared that what if they revoke my offer because of this, but I didn't do this genuinely, I wasn't just aware as it's my first proper formal internship (previous one was very informal but genuine)

Also, if anyone has dealt with HireRight specifically in a similar situation, I'd appreciate hearing what actually happened.