DO NOT discredit yourself with a fake degree - is this worth it?

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/7/27/nation/11742579&sec=nation

525 sought over degree scam

Police are tracking 525 people who allegedly bought fake degrees and certificates from non-existent international universities.

Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said police would like to question the 525 people in the course of their investigations.
The syndicate, which has been active since 2003, has sold up to RM5mil worth of fake certificates and degrees, he told a press conference at Selangor police headquarters.
Police have so far arrested a 37-year-old man, believed to be the mastermind, and a woman, 36, following a recent report in a Malay daily exposing the syndicate.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/7/27/nation/11742579&sec=nation


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My suggestions to verify a valid or fraudulent degree:
- check the history of the university
- check the alumni network. who are they? what are they doing? 
- check the physical infrastructure of the university: campus, library, sport facility etc.
- check the publications (journal and research) of the professors.  you can access via "Google Scholar" or SCOPUS.com, and search the faculty members' name.

reported by
Dr BHW Hadikusumo 
Asian Institute of Technology
www.ait.asia