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El Salvador's education minister indicted for allegedly embezzling US$2 million

10.10.2019 El Salvador

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Noticiero Hechos de El Salvador -

There are 27 suspected cases of irregularities in the school administration of the Ministry of Education. These irregularities include fake school packages and diplomas, amounting to a total of two million dollars.
TEC de Monterrey finds anomalies in 80 % of the fake degrees

22.11.2018 Mexico

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El Universal -

The Monterrey Institute of Technology has been investigated for issuing fake diplomas. The Institute denies the accusations and explains that the paper and signatures used on the fake diplomas do not match their official documents.
Obtain a university degree in one week and for 450 Euros

28.10.2017 Spain

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laSexta -

In Spain, there are instances where individuals pay to obtain fake diplomas. A team of investigators contacted a company specializing in selling fake diplomas to find out how it works. This makes it easy to become a primary school teacher.
Fake university degrees in Peru

12.08.2013 Peru

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América Noticias -

The video documents an investigation into the sale of fake university degrees in Peru, in front of the headquarters of the Judiciary in Callao. The reporter discovers that this illicit activity is widespread.
Getting a Fake Degree in China Is Fast and Cheap, but not Always Effective

23.04.2009 China

Press

Pascale Trouillaud - El Periódico de México

In one hour, and for about 38 dollars, you can get a false university degree in China, but the enforcement of punishment is making it ever more difficult to use such fraud to find a job or get into a foreign university. The measures introduced by China have curbed fraud and many fake degrees are now detected through authentication procedures; however, some genuine diplomas have been awarded to bogus students.
Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: What can be done?

Hallak Jacques, Muriel Poisson

2009 319p.
Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: what can be done?

Rigged calls for tender, embezzlement of funds, illegal registration fees, academic fraud - there is no lack of empirical data illustrating the diverse forms that corruption can take in the education sector. Surveys suggest that fund leakage from...

Hallak, Jacques, Poisson, Muriel

Paris, UNESCO, 2007