Diploma Mill | Diploma Fraud

Traffic School Owner Arrested for Selling Fake Documents

diplomafraud September 24, 2012 0

A traffic school owner arrested for selling fraudulent documents out of his school is free after posting bail, police said Friday. Otto Escobar of Granada Hills was taken into custody, at the Los Angeles County

Diploma Mills Shortchange Everyone

diplomafraud August 27, 2012 0

Diploma mills sell counterfeit degrees from real, accredited colleges. Degree mills are similar, but they sell degrees from institutions that don't even exist. The terms are often used interchangeably, but the bottom line is

Qualifications fraud on rise as unemployed seek jobs

diplomafraud March 27, 2012 0

The value of qualifications, usually some indicator of an employee’s abilities, is now under threat from the increasing prevalence of degree fraud, according to qualification verification agencies. While both buying and selling of fraudulent qualification

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.

The Law and Diploma Mills

diplomafraud March 16, 2012 0

Consumer Incentive: Driving the Slippery Business of Fake Degrees Phony college degrees, bogus high school diplomas, and counterfeit professional certificates top the list of current Internet scams. The diploma mill business as a whole has

Diploma mills: How to sniff out a scam

diplomafraud March 14, 2012 0

Chester Ludlow was so happy when he earned a Master of Business Administration from Rochville University online that he barked. Yes, you read that correctly. You see, Chester Ludlow is a dog — a pug,

How to Avoid Diploma Mills

diplomafraud March 13, 2012 1

The prevalence of online university degree programs makes it easier than ever for an organization to establish itself as a college, take students’ money, and provide them with a degree. But a degree from a