Fake degrees: Exposing Canadians with phoney credentials (Marketplace)

this is your market we exposed the shady business of

fake

degrees

the magnitude will leave you speechless who is deceiving me we want to talk to you about your questionable PhD work we track down the forgers why you would buy a

fake

degree we follow the trail to Pakistan reveal The operation behind all this is that there is no United States. Phoenix is ​​not a physical place, you can't afford to miss this, okay Eric, it's time to study, we are looking to bolster our

credentials

, there are so many online programs, hundreds to choose from, but how do you know which one to wear?

I just found them online and was looking to see if I could get a degree or ask about some education. So what does education entail? This is just our first step in

exposing

an international clandestine scheme, so no courses or classes, I just pay a fee and get a degree just out of curiosity, no one I can meet to chat or converse with in person? address I can choose the date I graduate we are on a journey to find out how long this will take journalists to become doctors for information I will meet with former FBI agent Alan is out it's a bonanza there is a global market for academic

credentials

the newspaper opens the door to get the job get a promotion get the career who spent four decades investigating schools that offer fake

degrees

they are called diploma mills we are not talking about classrooms we are talking about learning everything is smoke and mirrors and a facade none of that exists American research shows that more than half of all new PhDs in the US our destination we want to know how big the problem is here in Canada okay guys ready to check out this database let's do it.

I'm ready, we have in our hands an exclusive database of over 800 Canadians from coast to coast that shows they could have falsified degrees look at this a doctor in a small town in DC a former police officer on this list professor who teaches in Seneca College there is even an ordained minister here politicians pharmacists business owners engineers are all on our list we are beginning our investigation with counselors who treat serious medical conditions with fake degrees and then we will log on to see what they will reveal in person posing as a couple in crisis. Are you as prepared for relationship counseling as we are?

We will be the first to meet Alfred Oh Jo, he treats ADHD, anger management, depression, PTSD, the list goes on in the certificate. Oh Jo says he was educated in Nigeria and the United States. His online profile says he has a master's degree in psychological counseling from Ashley University, so how long has he been in business? So Oh Jo's title is fake, but maybe his counseling skills are real. I think the barrier, to be honest, is just this feeling of inequality, exactly how. many how many fingers you have five not the same height no but since I know much of this session is focused on giving us metaphors about relationships like this one about lasagna Nikolas I'm a creative designer but listen for 30 seconds you move 84 and Now you know, okay , so you know he's not in his cohort, so we're just journalists, but this session seems strange, so at Western University I checked with someone who can break it down for you.

I am a psychology professor, dr. Alan Leach We maintain public confidence that the public has an expectation of quality of service because these are the most vulnerable times in their lives. We show you parts of our session with Alfred Oh Jo. His opinion. I don't want to comment. a lot directly about this individual, although probably anyone who saw that would raise an eyebrow and say, geez, what's therapy, that's what I go through on the clothesline with my neighbor, that's not therapy. See you, on for the second time with more questions about Oh, Jo's education, this is the question that really seems to stump him, wait a second, his LinkedIn profile says he was there from 2007 to 2008.

I don't wish to reference it again. to what we did and with that he leaves the He seems to need a break from our team's questions, but now I have some of my own. We have tried to contact you more than once. Share his perspective on his master's degree from Ashley University. Please call us now. Fred Oh Jo never calls us back, so we try again in person. Remember that he has been counseling patients for more than two decades. Oh Jo, my name is Asha Tomlinson c.b.c Marketplace. We want to talk about your questionable degree from Ashley University.

Why don't we contact you several times? Why wouldn't you share your perspective on why you have this title? We have a list of Canadians. and it doesn't include you, you are on that list, why would you buy a fake degree? What about people who believe you knew you as a counselor and trust you in your credentials? Mr. Oh Joe, he never admits to having purchased his title and after we contacted him. He opens his LinkedIn profile and says that he will no longer accept new clients. Actions speak louder than words. You conveyed the message. He had a false title and is not going to expose himself further.

We're still trying with our own fake degrees. Hello. Is this Ashford University? This is the University of Portland. Right, so check this out. I just discovered Nita University when you check it out online. The first thing that appears is a degree in life experience. I am looking to obtain a degree. Almeida Core Lens. Gatesville Ashwood. Everybody says. They will exchange life experience four hours of credit send your resume your money and just wait for your degree in the man, so what is the total you would pay? Get the full package, including proof that we attended the school, but we're told it's apparently sincere, so what you're saying is that I'll consider it legit, not what we've heard.

Almeida has never been real, has never been legitimately traditionally accredited by a recognized entity in its lifetime while we wait for our titles to arrive, we realize. Almeida appears dozens of times in our research, including with this Toronto psychotherapist and registered social worker, dr. Gilbert caresses, says he has a Master of Social Work from the Philippines and this doctorate in biblical counseling, his online profile boasts a 4.0 GPA and deals with very serious problems, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, child abuse and Plus, we don't need to ask about your title. hanging on your wall your doctorate, mommy, remember that Almeida does not exist, how long does it take to do a doctorate?

Well, two years, two years, just finish your dissertation, but we go from left to right, right, and right, and just researching is easy nowadays because you have the internet, paste can I stop you right there, yes you can, so I can come for two years without a psychology teacher dr. Alan leach Hyde says that writing a thesis usually takes much longer than that, usually four years, sometimes five years and sometimes even more original work, it's not a click and paste activity, we give Gilbert strokes a second chance to explain your upbringing, wait how the situation is in California now and when our producers continue to test your skills by asking you for advice on how to handle long distance relationships, things get really strange.

Am I easily tempted? Yes, I don't know, an Assyrian professor even proposed it to me. Lee berates Lee, he is not impressed. You don't reveal it. inappropriate personal things that focus on yourself if you're only telling these stories because you're trying to be seen by your clients in a certain way because it makes you feel better or whatever those are founded violations we spend weeks asking for petting for an interview in front of the camera, he says no, so we meet him near his work. I'm Asha Tomlinson from CBC Marketplace. Our investigation shows that Almeida University is a fake institution.

Why did you go? Who really knows? You just paid a fee. and we were able to ask for a PhD, well, do any job, some people worry that some people cheat, right? I came out cheap, but when we verified that his thesis was plagiarized by more than 30 percent, don't you think you are breaking the trust of your clients? I'm not unusual, there is no excuse Caressa says that he understood that his thesis had been approved by Almeida, but she has now deleted her LinkedIn profile and is no longer listed as a therapist on the clinic's website.

Why was her profile removed from her website? Free work when we check, the clinic confirms that they terminated their contract. Does this professor have a fake degree? Is someone else faking it? This is your market, the real deal in your market. We've spent months undercover investigating Canadians with fake degrees and now we're about to get some of our own moment of truth right, let's see what we've got Wow, so our degrees are here. I have a doctorate in psychology from the University of Almeida. PhD in psychology from Gatesville University. Check it out. We get our degrees, but that's not all we get too. transcripts with a list of fake courses, we never take attendance records and your 3.9 GPA, and that name we use, check it out, that's right, it's the market.

In the event, we found others who have degrees like ours, so I found a professor in Seneca. University in Toronto, here's the broth, go look, he has a master's degree in computer science from Almeida University. We have heard the name of that school before that teaches computer applications and business applications. He also taught at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University, posing as potential students. Our team meets him to find out more about his so-called Almeida masters oh you did it, you don't remember where he got his 11 stone exams degree from, I've never heard of it before, do you need a mouse to get through it? your ear doesn't help boost your credibility now this isn't the first time an educator has been exposed who traveled to pittsburg kansas where a group of high school students made international headlines after they investigated their principal and heard two titles false by group. of students had doubts about their new principal, their new incoming principal resigned after investigating her credentials.

The story went viral when it began to dig deeper. What did he find? Many discrepancies arose. Even a simple Google search turned up articles that mentioned that the college he attended may be a scam and could possibly be a diploma mill. The school they investigated. Carlin University is also on our list. We were calling the California city where it was supposedly located and a city hall official said that. The university had never existed helped to reconstruct that together we told them about the professor. We are investigating, he has taught at several top Canadian universities and colleges and is still teaching.

The main concern for me is if I would be one of those students, what does that say about the degree I have from that university? Are you referring to validity because at the university you have this fraudulent professor who means that there were no more. We repeatedly asked Professor Gravich for an on-camera interview. He maintains that his Almeida degree is legitimate and he took 11 phone exams to complete his master's degree, so why can't he? We talked to you, you don't want to talk to us on camera at all to talk about your master's degrees and why you attended this school that is tied to a diploma mill scheme.

You can go to college, so we follow up with Seneca College. I hope they reconsider an interview to discuss this, but they won't talk on camera either. They say they have processes in place to vet their employees' credentials, and weeks after we contacted Gravich, he removed Almeida University from his LinkedIn profile. Retired FBI agent Allen Ezell. he says that's not good enough, what signal are they sending to the other faculty members and their students? They must lead by example if they are not going to test their own people. Who the hell is that 1000% unacceptable? Where do all these fake degrees come from? the paper trail leads to Pakistan without PE this insider tells it all this is your market get more markets subscribe to our weekly newsletter at cbc.ca slash Marketplace the real deal on fake schools we've uncovered over 800 Canadians who could I have degrees fake from hundreds of fake online schools.

I've noticed that some of the schools' websites look quite similar. When we dig a little deeper, a pattern emerges. I'm in Baychester right now and I'm just looking at a photo of the dean here. I'm looking at the regents of another school, also the photo of the dean who has the same photo, the same name and seems to be at both schools. It turns out that the teachers at some of these schools are just stock photos used on various websites and many of those schools are still around. Going back to amajor company in Pakistan, exactly the biggest international diploma mill scheme there is, the magnitude will blow your mind, I mean, it really makes a volcano look small, we're talking, probably raising a billion dollars a year, 35 bank accounts in 19 countries, the exact thing is denied. any involvement in the scheme and tells us that they do not tolerate any alleged fraud by these fake schools, but we located a man on the inside, a sales agent who has worked in this same office in Islamabad for several years and he asked us to hide your identity due to security concerns work experience, as you know, as an agent, as a representative of university people who did not actually exist, you were the first point of contact for many people who bought your degrees, your proposal, so I would say that You don't have to attend any classes, just log on to our website and you know, and then we'll take your credit card number to pay the registration fee and all that, there's no university, there's actually no physical location, but the person sitting next to me pretends to be the director, says he resigned because he did not agree with the company's practices.

I think it should be closed. No legal action should be taken. The repression begins in New York City. We are one of the top executives who Mayor Hameed is being sentenced here. today we are going to get the details that the judge spoke directly to huh, I said there are real victims and they are your victims in the end he was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and then he will be deported back to Pakistan. He was also ordered to forfeit over five million dollars for his role in the scheme this conviction was not enough to stop the exact fake schools are still in operation but our story does not end here we will continue this in the coming months fasten your seat belts , if your car dealer is ripping you off for a $1200 service. recommending none of which was necessary high pressure sales felt like he was trying to scare me plus insider secrets when you have 100 percent commission you have no choice you live or you die for this customer who comes in why are you recommending Service that is not necessary in vehicle auto repair scams.

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