I'm Travelling to New York next week, and the person i'm travelling with has a record from 9 years ago for a shoplifting offence. We are travelling with the Visa Waiver scheme hoping we will be ok risking this and have also filled in something called an ESTA form. However we have since heard you have finger prints taken through imigration and they can now check up to see if you are lying about having convictions from up to 72 hours before you travel, is this anything to worry about?