Posted on 03/29/2006 4:56:51 PM PST by Libloather
Peoria man pleads guilty in diploma mill case
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SPOKANE, Wash. An Arizonan has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors for his role in a gigantic diploma mill operation.
Richard John Novak pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Spokane, Washington, to conspiracy and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Novak, who formerly lived in Spokane and now lives in Peoria, could face up to ten years in prison and (m) millions of dollars in fines.
Novak is the second person to reach a plea agreement with the Justice Department in the case with a promise to testify for the government in a trial set for this fall.
Investigators have written in court filings that the diploma mill sold an estimated six thousand phony college degrees, 40 percent of them to foreigners seeking entry into the U-S.
Spokane diploma mill paid bribes to diplomats, court filing shows
http://news.bellinghamherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060321/NEWS/60321002
Interesting
>>Saint Regis University became notorious when several teachers in the US state of Georgia were found using degrees from this institution in order to obtain additional moneys from the state. All but two of the teachers are no longer working in the Georgia school system and have been ordered to repay the money back to the state.<<
http://www.answers.com/topic/saint-regis-university
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Peoriaman went bad??? Whodathunkit.
"Wow...I attended Regis University."
Yeah, they can't be happy about this... although they are probably happy about the conviction.
So Saint Regis University turns out to be a diploma mill. Now are they going to investigate Saint Kathy Lee University?
I think that people like this who make money making it easier for foreigns to profit illegally here need some shock therapy.
Illegal immigrants only take jobs that Americans don't want...horse puckey
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