In the past the world has seen a multi-million dollar fake degree operation shut down in Beijing, both India’s and Tanzania’s national media call for fake degrees to be ‘stamped out’, a legitimate college’s Principal in the UK arrested for giving fake degrees to students to aid visa applications, a New York ‘doctor’ in court for fraud and using a fake degree, and Pakistan giving a prison sentence to yet another Government minister for a using a fake degree! On top of this, U.S. President Barack Obama has declared he will combat disingenuous degree providers from targeting military veterans. It seems the fake degree market is very much alive and well.
Within this time Accredibase, the global database of diploma and accreditation mills, has reported 6,042 suspected and confirmed mills globally. Accredibase utilizes information given by law enforcement agencies throughout the world, and its own in-house research team to ascertain the legal status of both institutions and accrediting agencies.
Read the latest Newsletter from Accredibase for details on these events.
W. Barry Nixon is the COO, PreemploymentDirectory.com the leading background screening information portal and online worldwide directory of professional background screening firms and Suppliers to the background screening industry. He co-authored the landmark book, Background Screening & Investigations: Managing Hiring Risk from the HR and Security Perspective. He also is the publisher of award winning newsletters, The Background Buzz and The Global Background Screener, and the author of the Background Checks column in PI Magazine.
In addition, Barry is a past recipient of the elite ‘Top 25 Influential People in Security’ by Security Magazine and past Co-Chair, International Committee for the National Association for Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS). He currently serves as a Global Ambassador for NAPBS.
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