Thursday, October 12, 2006

Us Govt workers bought fake diplomas

Who's fakin' it now?

That would be 132 US Federal government workers who bought fake diplomas online. Time for some truthiness, folks. Looks like the unintended consequences monster is at work again.

The ONLY reason this is coming out is because of the court proceedings against the phony diploma mill shysters. And, of course, like all shady deals, somebody always sings like a canary on the others. Sure enough, that's what's happened here. And a by-product of the scammers is - oops! - some high profile people are in pretty sorry shape right about now. Can you imagine? You get your promotion, all's well, and then some idiot blows it for you?

Here: "...Some of those who paid thousands of dollars for phony diplomas include a senior State Department employee in Kuwait and a Department of Justice employee in Spokane, defense lawyer Peter S. Schweda said Wednesday.

The bogus degree purchases by the federal workers were revealed Wednesday during a U.S. District Court status conference for five defendants in the case against the mill, The Spokesman-Review reported Thursday....

Material provided to the defense by the Justice Department shows at least 135 government employees bought college or university degrees to use in seeking promotions or pay raises, Schweda said. The phony diplomas came from such places as St. Regis University, James Monroe University and Robertstown." University.