Forged degrees

Greek students caught with forged degrees

Jan. 28, 2007 at 6:24PM

http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20070128-051610-3123r.htm

The Greek Education Ministry has caught 310 students trying to gain recognition of forged degrees from foreign universities.
      The false certificates were discovered before they were officially recognized, as a result of improved regulations by the National Academic Recognition and Information Center, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported.
      DOATAP President Georgios Leontaris said it remained unclear whether those universities named had any knowledge or involvement in the forged documents.
      "The involvement of universities has not been proven," he said. "We are obliged to re-examine the issue of their legality and, of course, we need to cooperate with the countries' authorities to find out who is responsible for the fraud."
      Most of the schools involved are in Russia, Albania, Romania and Bulgaria.
      With Greece exporting more tertiary students than another other country, DOATAP was given the responsibility of assessing and officially recognizing the manner in which degrees are obtained.