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From The Times August 6, 2009 Secret mission to expose L. Ron Hubbard as a fake Dominic Kennedy, Investigations Editor L.Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology The founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, was exposed as a fraud 30 years ago by British diplomats who were investigating his qualifications. The science-fiction writer, who invented a religion now followed by celebrities such as Tom Cruise, awarded himself a PhD from a sham “diploma mill” college that he had acquired, the diplomats found. Such was the climate of fear and paranoia surrounding Scientology that the US believed the sect had sent bogus...