Background Checks | Diploma Fraud

Feds arrest former Cook County official over fake documents scheme

diplomafraud July 23, 2012 0

Federal law enforcement officials arrested the former head of a troubled Cook County jobs program on Friday. Forty-two-year-old Chicago resident Brendolyn Hart-Glover is accused of scheming to falsify documents. The county's President's Office of Employment

Academic fraud tough to beat

diplomafraud July 20, 2012 0

To combat increasingly rampant plagiarism in college, the Ministry of Education published a new draft regulation against academic fraud, but education experts doubt it will be effective. On Monday, the Ministry of Education published an

Charged with selling fake certs

diplomafraud July 20, 2012 0

A former owner of an online gaming business was charged at the Sessions Court yesterday with selling fake academic certificates from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Lim Chuan Soon, 26, claimed trial to cheating a student, Wan

Utah Man Admits Having ‘Fake’ Doctorate Degree, Stealing Safe In Own Obituary

diplomafraud July 20, 2012 0

Before dying, a clear conscience is necessary for some people. For one Utah man who wrote his own obituary, admitting to not having a doctorate degree and stealing a safe 41 years earlier could

Degree fraud: detection as deterrent

diplomafraud July 19, 2012 0

With more graduates prepared to lie about their qualifications, universities have a duty to protect the honest majority – not to mention the reputation of their degrees, says Jayne Rowley The debate surrounding the impending

Man denies offering fake USM degree

diplomafraud July 19, 2012 0

A 26-year-old man was accused at a Sessions Court here of cheating a university student who paid RM14,500 for a fake degree. Lim Chuan Soon, who formerly owned an online gaming business, pleaded not guilty

New method to counter fake Degrees

diplomafraud July 19, 2012 0

To safeguard degrees from being forged, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and the leading online job portal JobStreet.com have developed a system that enables the job portal to obtain validated degree qualifications of UTAR

17 teachers used fake certificates to get government jobs

diplomafraud July 17, 2012 0

Seventeen government school teachers have been found to have allegedly got their jobs using fake documents at Chilkhana in Saharanpur district. A case of cheating has been registered against these teachers, police said.