'All of us can be harmed': Investigation reveals hundreds of Canadians have phoney degrees - Business - CBC News A shame.
'I am devastated': Toronto lawyer out $100K after hiring fraudster with fake law degree - Business - CBC News Lawyer with fake degree screwed another lawyer!
"Ezell, who co-wrote the book Degree Mills: The Billion-Dollar Industry That Has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas, estimates half of new PhDs issued every year in the U.S. are fake." Yikes! Built to withstand 14.7mm rounds.
We now have at least three, and possibly four threads on this latest exposé of Canadian degree-fraud. Two others are: the latest part of the Axact thread (Accredited / Unaccredited) and the KA-BOOM thread. http://www.degreeinfo.com/accreditation-discussions-ra-detc-state-approval-unaccredited-schools/55632-ka-boom-toronto-man-angry-about-his-%248-100-fake-degree-being-exposed.html http://www.degreeinfo.com/accreditation-discussions-ra-detc-state-approval-unaccredited-schools/51199-axact-universities-12.html --and now a third (this one). There might be one more, but I can't find it right now... J.
I think this problem is everywhere. If Employers required WES report as a prerequisite for employment then the issue would be reduced dramatically. And also consumer education. I remember a decade ago or more seeing TV special about fake degrees sold in Toronto. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2008/12/07/phony_degree_scam_exposed.html https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2008/12/13/phony_degrees_catch_up_to_buyers.html
A string of CBC stories... 'All of us can be harmed': Investigation reveals hundreds of Canadians have phoney degrees - Business - CBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTg5zzFEKE&feature=youtu.be '1,000% unacceptable': Marketplace confronts college professor about his fake degree - Business - CBC News Toronto man 'angry' after learning his $8,100 master's degree that required no exams or academic work is fake - Toronto - CBC News Mayor asks for review of hiring practices at Regina City Hall - Saskatchewan - CBC News 13 Manitobans could have obtained phoney degrees, according to CBC investigation - Manitoba - CBC News 'I am devastated': Toronto lawyer out $100K after hiring fraudster with fake law degree - Business - CBC News
Nope, I don't buy it. Very difficult for an American to get licensed in Canada with even an ABA accredited law degree, there is a known process plus at least one year articling in a law office involved. A 2 second search on the Internet would have revealed no such thing as a Renfrew Law School. The employing lawyer is either incompetent or was in on the scam.
He wasn't hired as an attorney. He was hired as an office manager and it looks like he did it for another firm as well. Looks like this guy just wanted an office in a law firm to provide cover for his scams. The lawyer likely just figured he was getting someone with legal training cheap to do a job that didn't require bar admission. Either way, the reason you don't "buy" it seems to be that you didn't actually read the article and just jumped right to slandering a Canadian attorney.