Despite bogus degree, gaming board investigator keeps his job

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  1. Faxinator

    Faxinator New Member

    Article:

    http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06161/697265-336.stm

    Interesting that it has been determined that despite paying for a degree from a diploma mill, this person went against the expected and fully disclosed how he had obtained his bogus degree.
     
  2. eric.brown

    eric.brown New Member

    Very interesting.

    Hard to understand why they would try to charge him with a crime when he was completely open about the degree (according to the story) when he was hired.
     
  3. Faxinator

    Faxinator New Member

    I would think that perhaps they assumed he'd NOT disclosed the information. Perhaps they'd received a tip about the diploma mill degree and then pulled his original employment application from the gaming board and indeed found the degree listed there. They filed the charge based on that evidence as could be expected, then he was suspended from work while the investigation was underway.

    Then, I would guess, in the course of their investigation they spoke to the people who actually interviewed him and were told that during the interview he was completely upfront about buying the paper.

    That's my guess, anyhow.
     
  4. eric.brown

    eric.brown New Member

    That could be what happened. I wonder why they hired him to being with if they new he "bought" a degree for $700.
     
  5. GeneralSnus

    GeneralSnus Member

    Perhaps the job did not require a degree and, as a 20 year police officer, they felt he was qualified. It's also possible that the position required a degree, but did not specify that the degree needed to be accredited, so he went out and bought one.
     
  6. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Should stupidity be a bar to employment with the Commonwealth?
     
  7. eric.brown

    eric.brown New Member

    Good point...I missed the fact that he had 20 years experience.
     

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