You mean like “Doctor” Elena Ceausecu?
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/21/elena-ceausescu/
“Elena was not only jealous of those women who were better looking or more stylish than she, but of anyone with more education. At the end of her life, however, she was a PhD in chemistry, and was the author of many scholarly papers on the subject. However, the real story is that she paid off/coerced noted scientists to write her doctorate and other papers.”
“the real story is that she paid off/coerced noted scientists to write her doctorate and other papers”
If Mrs b paid for her paper, she was robbed.
She was also derisively nicknamed “Codoi” for her butchered pronunciation of CO2 (carbon dioxide).