That depends. Research indicates--and the overwhelming anecdotal evidence supports--that there is a great deal of utility in degrees from diploma mills.
Other than fooling employers that are not aware of RA and GAAP what purpose do these degrees serve? A degree that looks nice on the wall but has no utility serves only as wallpaper.
Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of such degrees are in use out there. While this certainly represents a great deal of "fooling employers," it doesn't explain it all. There is also a great deal of laissez faire out there; employers don't look and don't care.
Precisely Rich. The very reason why so many flock to schools like Almeda, SRU, Amstead, Farington and a whole list of others. Their graduates are getting good jobs in companies that don't know and don't care.