June, 2012 | Diploma Fraud

New Bulgarian EconMin Rejects Fake Diploma Rumors

diplomafraud June 8, 2012 0

Bulgaria's newly appointed Minister of Economy and Energy, Delyan Dobrev, shared that he felt tainted by rumors regarding his college diploma. Speaking Saturday for the Darik radio weekly political talk show, Dobrev said he was

Man gets jail for selling forged documents

diplomafraud June 7, 2012 0

A racketeer P. Ravichandran, involved in selling forged documents for surety purpose to help several those accused of grave crimes get out of jail, has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 15 years. Underlining

The pressure to get a college degree

diplomafraud June 6, 2012 0

In the quest to obtain a college degree, some have opted for an easier route. This was affirmed by a finding of the Ministry of Higher Education which has identified 110 offices selling forged

Vietnam police bust up pricey diploma mill

diplomafraud June 5, 2012 0

Police in Can Tho have shut down an expensive forgery ring that sold faux diplomas for between VND11- 90 million (US$500-4,500). Nguyen Viet Anh, 33, Nguyen Hong Dao, and Cao Bang Giang, 40, all of

Bulgaria’s ex-EU farm aid chief sentenced for fake degree

diplomafraud June 5, 2012 0

A check of the university books found that Ilieva had indeed enrolled but never earned a degree after failing to attend any lectures or take a single exam. Ilieva headed the primary institution that distributed

TN minister parading ‘fake’ degree sparks row

diplomafraud June 4, 2012 0

The country's ministers seem to have taken a fancy to embellishing educational qualifications on their official profiles. A Class VI failure by his own admission, Tamil Nadu's minister for Information and Technology, Mukkur N. Subramanian,

Higher education views naive, distorted

diplomafraud June 4, 2012 0

Dan Linssen's Op-Ed critique of higher education, which morphs into advocacy for self-study as the answer to "four-year diploma mills," is utterly naive and exemplifies what you get when you skip out on the

Saudis crack-down on fake degrees

diplomafraud June 1, 2012 0

The Saudi Ministry of Higher Education has uncovered 110 offices selling forged degrees from non-Saudi universities, press reports said yesterday. “The agencies were supplying these bogus degrees for the past several years,” said Muhammad Al-Ouhali,