Tag Archives : guilty

Woman sentenced over Medicaid fraud scheme

"THE REPUBLIC", USA on 19th June 2012 : A Hoke County woman has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in a Medicaid fraud scheme. Teresa Marible of Raeford was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty last year to one count of conspiring to commit health care fraud. Prosecutors said the 44-year-old Marible bought a fake diploma and academic transcript online to help represent [...]

Ex-director of State Fund sentenced for fake diploma

"NEWEUROPE", Bulgaria on 05th June 2012 : The former director of the Bulgarian State Fund Agriculture (SFA), Kalina Ilieva, admitted in court that she forged her diploma from the University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Economy in Berlin. The Sofia District Court approved an agreement between her and the prosecutor’s office for a three-year suspended sentence with 5 year probation [...]

Librarian admits faking resume

"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 [...]

Political party's lawmaker's appeal dismissed in bogus degree case

"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 [...]

Three nabbed for offering fake certificates

"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 [...]

Nurse struck off for forging qualifications

"The Telegraph", United Kingdom on 22nd April 2012 : Susan Kelly, 45, was in charge of a team of other carers unsupervised by doctors at an NHS walk-in centre after telling her employers she had a degree. But after investigation it was discovered she had dropped out of her university studies and then, along with her husband Mark Darren Kelly, forged her qualifications to get the job. She was [...]

Principal guilty of giving out false certificates to overseas students

"Times Higher Education", United Kingdom on 05th April 2012 : Overseas students in the UK could be unwitting holders of fake University of Hertfordshire degrees after a man was jailed for forging them, according to police. Waheed Iqbal was found guilty of seven fraud-related charges after giving five overseas students false certificates when he was the principal of the London College of Computing [...]

Bogus doctor sentenced

"Vanguard", Nigeria on 21st February 2012 : An Ogun State Magistrate’s court 1, sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, Monday, sentenced a 27-year-old fake medical doctor, Monday Philips, to three years imprisonment without the option of fine for forgery, fraud and stealing. The Chief Magistrate, Adebola Adenarinwo, who delivered the judgment, said evidence before the court had shown that the [...]

Fraudster practiced law with false diploma for over 12 years

"RIANOVOSTI", Russia on 20th February 2012 : The Tver district court sentenced a prominent lawyer and TV presenter to two years in prison for fraud when it was uncovered that he had been practicing law with a false diploma over 12 years, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday. Vladimir Oreshnikov was found to have worked as a lawyer illegally, using a false diploma. The latter charge could [...]

Bogus teacher forges qualifications to work as an examiner

"Mail Online", United Kingdom on 02nd February 2012 : A bogus biology teacher forged her qualifications to work as an examiner for an A-level exam board. Julia Rawlinson, 44, duped her bosses by using a computer to forge a degree, doctorate and teaching certificates. She then got a job at examination board Edexcel – marking thousands of A-level papers for students across Britain – [...]
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