“domain-b.com”, India on 28th March 2011 : Budget carrier IndiGo today grounded a newly-appointed pilot in its ranks who had been under scanner of criminal investigating agencies and issued him a show-cause. However, the carrier claimed that captain Syed Habeeb Ali had “never flown for IndiGo till date” as he had joined only around six weeks back and had been “absconding for a week or so” since then. According to an airline spokesperson, Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) had been issued to him before he joined IndiGo.

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“The Times of India”, India on 27th March 2011 : A former senate member of M S University has threatened to initiate legal action against MSU officials if they do not withdraw or revoke the degree awarded to Vadodara mayor Jyoti Pandya before March 31. The controversy related to Pandya’s admission at the faculty of law and her MA (history) degree, which she was conferred by the faculty of arts, is going on since a month now……”We have enough proof that Pandya was granted admission at arts faculty based on fake documents. The chancellor should now move a motion to withdraw her degree,” said Parmar, adding that if it the university does not come clean in the episode, he would move to the court against all officials of the university, including the chancellor.

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“abc.net.au”, Australia on 28th March 2011 : The Vice Chancellor of Curtin University, Jeanette Hacket, concedes a corruption inquiry into an alleged test results scam has been damaging to its reputation. The Corruption and Crime Commission has been investigating the fraud in which foreign students paid to have their English language test scores altered to assist with their visa applications. Former university employee Keith Low has admitted to doctoring the scores of up to 20 applicants…..An Indian student testified that he withdrew his application for permanent residency when authorities discovered he had paid to have his English language test results doctored.

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“The Times of India”, India on 28th March 2011 : Ashok Nagar police on Monday arrested two persons for “allegedly” furnishing fake documents to get passport. Police said Parashuram Kamble and passport agent Dayanand Meharwade were those arrested. Parashuram had “allegedly” submitted a fake certificate, stating that he had studied in Govt Boys’ School at Ganeshpet, which was not true. A case has been registered.

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“The Times of India”, India on 28th March 2011 : …….The state education department took a month to answer this simple question. It has finally withdrawn the appointment of government-nominated senate member Kamlesh Mehta to the senate. Mehta, who was working as clerk at MSU’s Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE), is an accused in the bogus admission scam that had surfaced at FTE last month. Mehta was arrested by the police after Hemant Zhala, who has been named as the prime accused in the scam and issued bogus degree certificates and identity cards to students, told the police that Mehta took lakhs of rupees from the students for giving bogus degrees.

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“dailymail.co.uk”, United Kingdom on 28th March 2011 : A bogus dentist who earned almost £230,000 by using a fake degree certificate to land work at a string of NHS hospitals was jailed for three years today. Vinisha Sharma, whose deception was uncovered amid claims she had removed the wrong teeth from a patient, pleaded guilty last September to seven counts of forgery and fraud……Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that the 37-year-old, who had failed a three-year dentistry course, obtained work as a senior house officer by falsely claiming to have a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from an Indian university.

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“virginislandsdailynews.com”, USA on 24th March 2011 : ……Some of the remarks focused on the issue – dating back to 2003 – of a fake diploma that Lewis had included on his resume when he was confirmed as the V.I. Police Department commissioner. But senators seemed to have consensus that the fraud did not factor into their decision to place him at the head of VITEMA. After Lewis was confirmed as Police Commissioner in 2003, a Daily News investigation found that Lewis had fraudulently claimed to have a bachelor’s degree that, The Daily News reported, was from a diploma mill. At the time, Police union leaders accused Lewis of using the fake degree to obtain extra money from the Police Department’s Career Incentive Program, which rewards employees who earn college degrees or credits.

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“deccanherald.com”, India on 24th March 2011 : A day after the Enforcement Directorate sleuths raided the house of senior Bihar Congress leader Amalendu Pandey in Delhi, more skeletons seem to have tumbled out of the cupboard of Hasan Ali, India’s biggest money launder and tax evader. It has now been learnt that the Pune-based farm-owner had forged the matriculation certificate of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) to get a passport from Patna in 1997. The matter came to light after the police investigated the photocopies attached to the passport application form of Hasan Ali submitted in 1997.

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“newkerala.com”, India on 22nd March 2011 : Anoop Choudhary, one of the two pilots accused of forging papers for obtaining license has denied the allegations levelled against him and said he has been framed because of the misdoings of the academy…..Umesh Mishra of IG Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau, said their arrest is connected with a case registered with the bureau in which nine persons, including Chief Instructor of Rajasthan Flying School Captain Mohindar Kumar and Assistant General Manager- ATC Sanganer Airport Manoj Jain, have been arrested. They had issued forged cross-country certificates to the students of Rajasthan State Flying School for wrongful gain, he added.

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“indiainfoline.com”, India on 21st March 2011 : SpiceJet has sacked two pilots – captain Anuj Kumar and first officer (co-pilot) Amit Mundra – for fudging their flying hours to get licence to fly from the DGCA, according to a report. The airline said in a statement that it was committed to provide a safe travel without ever compromising the safety of esteemed customers. The Indian budget carrier reportedly said that following the investigations into the fake flying license issue, SpiceJet has terminated the services of the two pilots.

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“expressbuzz.com”, India on 16th March 2011 : According to a new alert by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society in Gokak, Belgaum, is a fake university. It is one of the 21 fake universities and institutions in the country that are running in contravention of the UGC Act, 1956. Eight of them are in Uttar Pradesh, six are in Delhi and one each is in Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and West Bengal.

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“allafrica.com”, Mauritius on 16th March 2011 : Eight military recruits were yesterday charged with forging KCSE certificates and ID cards they used to join the military at Moi Barracks in Eldoret…..Those in court included Makarios Kamau, Titus Muisyo Mutungi, Hesbon Lucas Ogutu, Suleiman Muhammed Kenyanya, Kelly Resiato Nabaal, Dennis Matoke, Nuria Ayota Jarso and Ibrahim Yusuf. It is alleged that they made KCSE certificates which they purported to have been genuine documents issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council.

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