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Lahore : Fake intermediate degree holder working as consultant at UET

Lahore : Fake intermediate degree holder working as consultant at UET

diplomafraud March 20, 2012 0

One of the country’s most prestigious educational institutions, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), has a bogus intermediate degree holder as IT Consultant at Khwarzmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS) since 2009, Daily Times

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Fake documents racket busted, 2 held

Fake documents racket busted, 2 held

diplomafraud March 20, 2012 0

City police on Monday claimed to have busted a forged documents-making racket with the arrest of two persons and seized fake licenses and documents that could be used to acquire bank loans, college admissions

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Certificate scam unearthed

Certificate scam unearthed

diplomafraud March 20, 2012 0

Hundreds of domicile, income and OBC certificates were fraudulently issued in Najafgarh tehsil during September-December 2011. The well-planned racket was allegedly stage-managed by a first grade Delhi Administration Subordinate Service officer. The revenue department

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Dubai: Man defrauds firm of more than Dhs2m

Dubai: Man defrauds firm of more than Dhs2m

diplomafraud March 19, 2012 0

A high school graduate bought forged Bachelor’s and Masters degrees to become a human resource (HR) manager and siphoned off Dhs2.4 million after enlisting “ghost” employees. Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Briton MB, 45, on

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Fraud Alert – How to Protect Yourself from College Diploma Mills & Degree Mills

Fraud Alert – How to Protect Yourself from College Diploma Mills & Degree Mills

diplomafraud March 19, 2012 0

Diploma mills, also known as degree mills, are bogus universities that essentially sell college diplomas – the piece of paper itself rather than the educational experience. Degree mills are big business, bilking consumers out

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Four arrested for running fake degree racket

Four arrested for running fake degree racket

diplomafraud March 19, 2012 0

Four persons, including a woman, were arrested on Saturday for an alleged scam of providing fake degrees and certificates to candidates to “enhance their resumes”. The arrests came following a complaint filed by a freelance

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Nigeria: Another 22 police recruits charged with forgery

Nigeria: Another 22 police recruits charged with forgery

diplomafraud March 19, 2012 0

Twenty two police recruits attending training at the Nigeria Police Training College in Ilorin, were on Friday charged, in two separate magistrates’ courts, with using fake documents to gain employment into the Nigeria Police

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Diploma Mills: Degrees of Deception

Diploma Mills: Degrees of Deception

diplomafraud March 16, 2012 0

Are you ever tempted by an email or an ad claiming you can “earn a college degree based...on life experience”? Don’t be, say attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), America’s consumer protection agency.

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