CIAA books Constable with fake SLC degree
Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), on Monday, registered a case against police Constable Shiva Bahadur Thapa Magar on charge of producing fake college certificate to field his...
View ArticleConnecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Churning Out Fake College Diplomas
This is the time of year families celebrate the achievement of a college or advanced degree that may have cost tens of thousands of dollars. But James Enowitch would have sold one for 500 bucks....
View ArticleTeacher handed matric certificate to Mdunge
A teacher who taught former KwaZulu-Natal police spokesman Vincent Mdunge personally handed the officer his matric certificate, the Durban Regional Court heard on Wednesday. Vusimuzi Donald Duke...
View ArticleMacon family loses big to online diploma site
Many Central Georgia students will soon receive their diplomas and either head to college or begin their careers. However, one Macon family says their attempt at academic success ended with...
View ArticleFake degree racket in UAE exposed
Couldn’t get an MBA degree? Don’t despair. You could buy it here in the UAE. For the right price you could also become a civil or mechanical engineer – even a “certified” finance professional – all in...
View ArticleChico State University reacts to fake degree allegations
Chico State University’s Director of the School of Education believes a Tehama County Superintendent candidate’s claims to have the equivalent to a master’s degree from the university is a...
View ArticleGES refers 120 ‘fake teachers’ scandal to EOCO
Ghana Education Service (GES) has referred to Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the case of 120 teachers sacked in Upper Manya Krobo for using fake documents to get jobs with the service....
View ArticleFake degrees proliferate
The use of fake university degrees and other qualifications by criminals to infiltrate the business world is on the increase, experts have warned. Verifications company QVS chief executive Danie...
View ArticleThousands of Chandra Mohan Jha University degrees to be invalid
A day after Meghalaya government approved dissolution of Chandra Mohan Jha University (CMJU), thousands of allegedly fake degrees awarded by it to students across the country have become null and void....
View ArticleKenyan politician in row over ‘fake’ Ugandan degree
Yet another Kenyan politician has become embroiled in a row over the legitimacy of his academic qualifications. It is the latest of a string of scandals involving politicians trying to meet the legal...
View ArticleFake certificates unit busted
A city police team has busted a gang making counterfeit degree certificates and marksheets, and seized over 300 fake stamps and an equal number of bogus certificates. The police said a few days ago, a...
View ArticleTax officer held in fake marksheet racket
The fake marksheet racket busted in the city on Friday last with the arrest of three people from Vyasarpadi is getting bigger with the police investigation revealing that one of the accused is a deputy...
View ArticleTwo arrested for forging documents to procure loan
City police have arrested two conmen, who made an unsuccessful attempt to procure home loan of Rs 25 lakh by submitting forged documents to the financial services company of Reliance Group. The two...
View ArticleUOP files complaint in fake certificates and degree scam
Taking cognisance of the suspected ongoing racket of supplying fake University of Pune (UoP) degrees and certificates to candidates for the purpose of applying for jobs in the South East Asian and...
View ArticleHR Employee with Fake Degree Swindles Firm Out Of £50,000
A 30 year old HR Executive from Manchester was described by the police as “every employer’s worst nightmare” recently after claiming almost £50,000 in fraudulent expense claims. Wade Jordan secured his...
View ArticleNAB sacks senior officer found with fake degree
Such is the level of corruption in the country that the menace has also crept into the country’s premier anti-corruption watchdog—NAB. In one of the first instances of documented corruption and fraud,...
View ArticleHow an insider from University of Pune could be involved in the fake degree scam
After it was revealed during the internal probe that the degree certificates, marksheets and bonafide certificates received from South east and Middle east countries for verification purpose were fake,...
View ArticleThree men held in Belapur for selling fake certificates
The city crime branch central unit has busted a gang selling fake degree certificates and mark-sheets and arrested three people in Belapur, who were operating it since 2007. The arrested are Nilesh...
View ArticleOver 1,000 teachers sacked in Bihar over fake degrees
India’s Bihar state has sacked 1,100 school teachers in the last five years for faking their own education qualifications, an official said on Tuesday. Bihar’s government has launched an investigation...
View ArticleTackling the rise in fake qualifications
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has taken steps to enhance the security features of its academic certificates to prevent the use of fake qualifications, which is on the rise. UJ has partnered an...
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