Posted by Dataflow on May 25, 2012 ·
"THE TIMES OF INDIA", India on 25th May 2012 : Eight fake doctors were arrested from Nalasopara on Wednesday as part of a drive conducted by the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC). A registered homeopath from Nalasopara, Sushil Kumar, who allowed a Bachelor of Arts graduate to practice at his clinic, was also arrested. Mukesh Pandey, the arts graduate, holds a bogus medical certificate [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 25, 2012 ·
"NORTHWEST Public Radio", USA on 24th May 2012 : A man who nearly became Oregon's State Librarian will now spend the next two years on probation for forgery. He pled guilty Thursday to going beyond just padding his resume. He forged documents showing that he had a degree from the University of Washington. Last winter, Robert Hulshof-Schmidt was just weeks away from an internal promotion [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 25, 2012 ·
"Pakistan Today", Pakistan on 24th May 2012 : The oil and gas development company, a subsidiary organisation of petroleum and natural resource, has fired four senior officials for presenting fake degrees at the time of their hiring, it has been learnt. A source in OGDCL on Thursday told Pakistan Today that the four officers were served warning notice time and given to prove their educational [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 24, 2012 ·
"The News International", Pakistan on 24th May 2012 : Awami National Party (ANP) lawmaker Atifur Rehman Khalil is facing disqualification from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat as a local court dismissed his appeal against the order of University of Peshawar regarding cancellation of his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Rehan Samad on Wednesday dismissed civil suit [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 23, 2012 ·
"CRIENGLISH.com", China on 22nd May 2012 : Liu Lirong, vice commissioner of the Judicial Bureau of Fugu County in northwest China's Shaanxi province, has been removed from post after investigations found he had falsified his academic record, china.com.cn reports. Liu Lirong, together with fellow commissioner, Li Ruihua, from the same bureau, have both been previously accused of falsifying [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 23, 2012 ·
"The Jakarta Post", Indonesia on 23rd May 2012 : The city police's cyber crime unit revealed on Tuesday that they arrested three suspects earlier this month for allegedly offering an online document forgery service. Unit head Adj. Sr. Comr. Audie Latuheru said that the three suspects had offered the service through the website ijazahaspal.com. He said that, although the service mainly focused [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 16, 2012 ·
"Deccan Herald", India on 15th May 2012 : The Bhadravathi Rural Police on Tuesday arrested six persons on the charge of creating fake marks cards and other certificates of the Kuvempu University. Police gave the names of the arrested as Shivakumar, Doodyanaik, Ramu, Siddachari, Devaraj and Shashikumar. The first four are permanent employees of the university and the others are on contract. [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 16, 2012 ·
"IBN Live", India on 15th May 2012 : A school teacher has been dismissed from service after his Post Graduate degree on the basis of which he secured a promotion was found to be fake while action has been taken against two others on similar grounds. The erring teacher's Master of Arts degree was found to be fake, officials said. Radhey Shyam was posted as a Social Studies teacher in Government [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 16, 2012 ·
"tuoitrenews.vn", Vietnam on 15th May 2012 : A district trial court in the central province of Quang Binh sentenced Monday a preschool principal to two years in prison for trading in fake academic diplomas. One of her teachers was handed a 18-month suspended sentence for the same conviction. Nguyen Thi Tuyet, the principal, discovered in August 2010 that Tran Thi Hoai, the other indictee, had [...]
Posted by Dataflow on May 14, 2012 ·
The Times of India on March 26th, 2012 reported that the simplicity with which fake passports can be acquired is cited as one of the reasons for gangsters' ability to slink across borders and elude the police. According to Indian agencies, Dawood Ibrahim has at least 20 fake passports, 8 of which were issued in Mumbai, Chhota Rajan has 8, and Chhota Shakeel 6. Besides them, most senior D-Company [...]