South Africa: 3 held in fake certificate scam
News 24 broke the news on 26 Jan 2010 that three police administration clerks have been arrested in connection with a fake matric certificate scam in Mpumalanga.

News 24 broke the news on 26 Jan 2010 that three police administration clerks have been arrested in connection with a fake matric certificate scam in Mpumalanga.
According to Glossy News dated 9 Feb 2010, “diplomaxpress.com†a leading diploma mill, berated its main rival “succeedonline.com†for producing substandard fake diplomas for the market.
According to Onrec dated 21 Jan 2010, Accredibase has published a new report that exposed an international fake degree fraud, which found thousands of fake language schools and colleges acting as “visa factories†to fuel immigration crimes
According to Newzimsituation dated 17 Jan 2010, Garikai Wachi, 36, has been jailed for 9 months for using forged documents to work illegally in the United Kingdom.
According to Thaindian News dated 12 Jan 2010, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal announced that from the next year students of schools, technical colleges and universities will be able to obtain their academic certificates online.
A 23 year old man working as a ward doctor at Karkkila Health Centre was found guilty of practicing as a health care professional without any training or professional qualification.
Saudi Gazette reported on 9 Jan 2010, that The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties has barred 15,000 foreigners working in the health sector from practicing due to the incompetence in their work or holding forged qualifications.
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s Interior Minister Ali Kordan was forced to quit President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet after Oxford University denied awarding him any qualification. The Minister confessed that he had forged his educational documents and was holding a fake degree of this prestigious institution, the Rawstory.com reported.