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http://pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycou.../s_328132.html
Children's counselor charged with fraud

By Marsha Forys TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, April 26, 2005

A Connellsville man is accused of working as a children's mental health
counselor to state medical assistance recipients for almost three years
without having the proper qualifications.
Leon Edward Shal Jr., 60, of 420 S. Eighth St., faces charges of
complicity, welfare fraud, theft by deception and insurance fraud,
filed by the state Attorney General's Office after a yearlong
investigation.

Shal was a member of the therapeutic support staff at Connellsville
Psychological and Counseling Services, 41 S. Pittsburgh St., from April
2000 to February 2003, according to court documents.

During that time, he allegedly counseled numerous young patients -- all
of whom were clients of the state Department of Public Welfare, Medical
Assistance Program, and he billed the state for his services through
Richard W. Pritts, his employer, and Value Behavioral Health of
Pennsylvania Inc., a health maintenance organization contracted by
Fayette County.

The type of services allegedly offered by Shal required that the
provider have an education that includes, at minimum, a bachelor's
degree. Shal allegedly told his employer he obtained his degree from
Shaftesbury University, in the United Kingdom, in 1986.

However, the state's investigation revealed that, not only did Shal's
university diploma contain two misspellings, but the institution is not
recognized, or accredited, in the United Kingdom or the U.S.

And while the school claims to be accredited by the European Committee
for Home and Online Education, that institution also is not recognized
in the United Kingdom or the U.S.

The state further claims that Shal, when counseling medical assistance
patients, was required by state law to do so one-on-one, yet billing
information obtained by investigators showed that he had on numerous
occasions billed the state for treating two or more patients at the
same time, according to court documents.

The state's investigation allegedly found that Value Behavioral Health
had paid Connellsville Counseling and Psychological Services almost
$150,000 for therapy services allegedly rendered by Shal during the
three years he worked at the clinic.

Shal was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Ronald Haggerty
Sr., of Connellsville, and remains free on $20,000 unsecured bond. A
preliminary hearing has been set for June 2 before Haggerty.




http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cf...id=35281&sid=4

October 17, 2006
Trial that could out feds alleged to have bogus degrees delayed By
Karen Rutzick

Names of 135 federal employees who allegedly bought fake diplomas from
an outfit in the western United States will not be revealed for at
least one year, if ever, according to a U.S attorney's office.

Last week in Spokane, Wash., during a pretrial hearing for eight people
accused of selling counterfeit degrees from nonexistent universities, a
defense attorney told the judge that employees from the National
Security Agency and the Health and Human Services, Justice and State
departments were among 6,000 people who bought the diplomas, according
to the Associated Press.

The AP also reported that Peter Schweda, attorney for alleged diploma
mill operator Steven Randock, said the names of 135 government
employees who supposedly purchased the degrees for promotions or pay
raises would be released during the course of the trial.

The trial will not start for another year, though. Judge Lonny Suko of
the District Court of the Eastern District of Washington delayed it
until Oct. 1, 2007, to give attorneys more time to prepare. Suko said
more than 150,000 pages of e-mails, 40 CDs of documents and up to 50
witnesses will be used.

Tom Rice, a spokesman for the U.S attorney's office in Spokane, Wash.,
which is prosecuting the case, said Schweda's assertions that
government purchasers would be revealed "were not necessarily
accurate."

Rice also said he cannot confirm or deny that there is a separate
Justice Department investigation into federal purchasers of the fake
degrees. The case was built around a sting operation by a handful of
Secret Service agents.

"It has been said that [names] may become available in that trial, but
sitting here discussing it with you, I don't see how it's relevant to
the Randock trial who purchased them," Rice said. "That'd be like
saying everybody who used cocaine would be introduced in the trial of
Manuel Noriega."

The 40-page indictment for defendants Steven Randock, Dixie Randock,
Richard Novak, Blake Carlson, Amy Hensley, Heidi Lorhan, Roberta
Markishtum and Kenneth Pearson accuses them of conspiracy to commit
mail fraud, among other offenses. Pearson pleaded guilty last week.

The defendants allegedly set up a number of bogus universities,
including "Saint Regis University," "James Monroe University" and
"Trinity Christian School." They then sold diplomas and fake
transcripts without requiring any coursework or testing.

One of the fake universities, "Robertstown University," used a
photograph of Blenheim Castle, the birthplace of Winston Churchill and
home of the Duke of Marlborough, to depict its campus on a Web site,
according to the indictment.

In 2004, the Office of Personnel Management held seminars to train
federal managers on spotting fake degrees. OPM and congressional
overseers stepped up efforts to thwart diploma mills after Laura
Callahan, a senior director in the Homeland Security Department chief
information officer's office, was found to have purchased her degrees
from an alleged diploma mill in Wyoming.

OPM did not respond to requests for comment on any current
investigation into federal employees involved in the Randock case.

This document is located at
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1006/101706r1.htm





http://web.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-golli...ss_release.htm

Subject: U.S. Attorney Press Release - US v. Randock, et al. (Diploma
Mill Fraud Case)

U. S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Eastern District of Washington
300 United States Courthouse 509/353-2767
Post Office Box 1494 FAX (509) 353-2766
Spokane, Washington 99210-1494

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For More Information Contact:

James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney
Telephone No. (509) 353-2767

Thomas O. Rice, Criminal Chief
Telephone No. (509) 353-2767

OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF DIPLOMA MILL INDICTED

FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD, MAIL FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING



Spokane - Today, James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a Federal Grand
Jury in the Eastern District of Washington returned a three-count
Indictment charging eight individuals with conspiracy to commit mail
fraud and wire fraud. According to the 40-page Indictment, Dixie Ellen
Randock, Steven Karl Randock, Sr., Blake Allan Carlson, Heidi Kae
Lorhan, Amy Leann Hensley, Roberta Lynn Markishtum, and Kenneth Wade
Pearson, using the internet, conspired to manufacture, print, and sell
fraudulent academic products, i.e., high school diplomas, college and
graduate-level degrees, and related documents to consumers throughout
the world so those consumers could get hired or promoted in their jobs
or obtain H1B Visas. Thousands of degrees were sold. The Indictment
alleges that Colbert, Washington residents, Dixie Ellen Randock and
Steven Karl Randock, Sr. owned several diploma mills and related
businesses, including "Saint Regis University," Robertstown
University," "James Monroe University," James

Monroe University High School," and Trinity Christian School."
According to the Indictment, by accessing one of those websites and
paying fees between $399 and $2,454, consumers could be "evaluated"
for a degree by Heidi Kae Lorhan, a high school dropout, and Amy Leann
Hensley. Alternatively, a consumer could access one of their websites
and take a 125-question test, answer only twenty-five percent of the
questions correctly, and be awarded a high school diploma. The degrees
and related documents would then be printed and shipped to consumer
throughout the world.

According to the Indictment, to make the degrees look official,
Spokane businessman, Blake Allan Carlson, manufactured fraudulent
rubber stamps and seals, and Spokane resident, Kenneth Wade Pearson,
acted as the web server for several of the diploma mill websites.
According to the Indictment, Mead, Washington resident, Roberta Lynn
Markishtum, printed some of the fraudulent documents and falsely
confirmed via telephone to employers and potential employers that the
degrees purchased were valid.

As part of the scheme to defraud, the Indictment alleges that
Dixie Ellen Randock and Steven Karl Randock, Sr. also caused a
fabricated website to be created, which posed as the official and
legitimate government website of the Liberian Embassy in Washington,
D.C. The Indictment also alleges that Peoria, Arizona resident,
Richard John Novak, worked as a "consultant" to process the
fraudulent degrees sold to foreign consumers. The Indictment also
alleges that a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service,
Department of Homeland Security, while acting in an undercover capacity
as a retired Syrian military officer who wanted to quickly obtain an
H1B Visa, and using the undercover name Mohammed Syed, was able to
purchase from "James Monroe University" degrees in chemistry and
environmental engineering.

Dixie Ellen Randock and Steven Karl Randock, Sr. are also
charged with conspiring to launder $1,026,874.80 as a result of the
diploma mill scheme. The Indictment seeks forfeiture of the
Randock's property and other assets including their Colbert home,
approximately $55,000 in U.S. currency and $480,000 in various bank
accounts, and a 2001 Jaguar.

If convicted of the wire and mail fraud conspiracy, each
defendant could be sentenced to up to five years in prison, a $250,000
fine, three years of supervised release, the payment of restitution,
and a $100 special penalty assessment. If convicted of the money
laundering conspiracy, Dixie Ellen Randock and Steven Karl Randock, Sr.
could be sentenced to up to twenty years in prison, a $500,000 fine or
twice the amount of money laundered, five years of supervised release,
and a special penalty assessment of $100.

The case is being investigated by a multi-agency task force led
by the United States Secret Service, in cooperation with the Internal
Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Department of Treasury, the
Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Washington State
Attorney General's Office, the Spokane Police Department, the United
States Postal Inspection Service, and the United States Attorney's
Office for the Eastern District of Washington. The case is being
handled by Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of
Washington, George J.C. Jacobs, III.

The United States Attorney's Office in Spokane has
established a 1-800 number if you believe that you were a victim of the
fraud or can provide information to the investigators. The telephone
number is 1-800-775-6357.

An Indictment provides notice to the individual of the crimes
he/she is alleged to have committed. Each individual is presumed
innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.




Penny Pass
Executive Assistant
U. S. Attorney's Office
Post Office Box 1494
Spokane, WA 99210
(509) 353-2767
(509) 353-2766 Fax




http://web.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-golli...ctments_SR.htm
Thursday, October 6, 2005

Indictments accuse eight of running diploma mills
Spokane operation allegedly sold thousands of fraudulent degrees

Bill Morlin Staff writer October 6, 2005

For the first time in the United States, federal investigators in
Spokane have obtained indictments against eight people accused of
operating Internet-based diploma mills, making millions by selling
bogus college degrees and "defrauding consumers worldwide."

The 40-page indictment accuses the eight of conspiring to commit wire
and mail fraud during the past six years as they operated out of
businesses in Mead and Hillyard, and a Post Falls office complex.

Accused masterminds Dixie Ellen Randock and her husband, Steven Karl
Randock, both of Colbert, also were indicted for conspiracy to launder
more than $1 million they collected from selling bogus degrees.


The indictment alleges that during the past six years the Spokane-based
operation sold "thousands of degrees," using various diploma mills
including Saint Regis University, Robertstown University, James Monroe
University and Trinity Christian School.

The indictment also seeks criminal forfeiture of the Randocks'
late-model Jaguar, their home and acreage at 3127 E. River Glen Drive,
and $536,517 that federal agents seized in a series of searches in
August.

The Randocks also will be liable for repayment of the money they
received as the result of selling the bogus degrees, many of them to
foreign nationals who used the credentials to fraudulently obtain
easier entry to the United States.

Also named in the indictment was Dixie Randock's daughter, Heidi Kae
Lorhan, a high-school dropout who worked as an "evaluator" for
applicants seeking bogus high school and college degrees.

Others indicted were Blake Alan Carlson, a Hillyard stamp shop owner
and co-founder of World Chapel Ministries; Amy Leann Hensley; Roberta
Lynn Markishtum and Kenneth Wade Pearson, all Spokane residents who
worked for the Randocks' operations.

Also indicted in the mail and wire fraud conspiracy was Richard John
Novak of Peoria, Ariz. Novak is accused of helping set up a meeting in
Washington, D.C., where a top-ranking Liberian diplomat was secretly
videotaped soliciting bribes from the Randocks. They are accused of
using the Board of Education in Liberia to accredit their various
diploma mills and sell accreditations to similar on-line operations.

"It's a significant case," said U.S. Attorney James A. McDevitt. The
allegations "again demonstrate that the Internet can be both a benefit
and a burden to all of us," said the region's federal crime chief.

"Here's something that was done exclusively on the Internet, and look
at the significance of the allegations," McDevitt said. "The second
point is that many of the buyers were foreign nationals who obtained
deferred status and could gain entry into the country with
less-than-authentic credentials."

Related court documents say half the degrees were sold to overseas
purchasers, a majority of whom were "students" from Saudi Arabia. That
revelation caused concern for investigators who said foreign nationals,
including potential terrorists, could more easily gain entry to the
United States with the fraudulent degrees.

The grand jury indictment came at the end of a nine-month task force
investigation, led by the U.S. Secret Service, and also involving the
Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, the Postal Inspection Service, the Washington State
Attorney General's Office and the Spokane Police Department.

The defendants are accused of using Internet Web sites to manufacture,
print and sell fraudulent academic products, including high school
diplomas and college and graduate-level degrees and related documents.

The federal investigation was launched after a November 2003 story in
The Spokesman-Review detailed the Spokane-based diploma mills.

"These degrees were sold to consumers throughout the world so those
(people) could get hired or promoted in their jobs or obtain H1B
(educational) visas," said Tom Rice and George Jacobs, assistant U.S.
attorneys who supervised the investigation.

Left unanswered is whether the Justice Department intends to prosecute
consumers, including teachers and federal employees, who knew they were
buying bogus degrees and used them for better-paying jobs. A half dozen
unemployed auto workers in Indiana used $42,000 in federal educational
retraining money to buy worthless advanced degrees from the
Spokane-based diploma mills.

"The operators of these 'universities' created a sophisticated web of
supporting infrastructure using the Internet which gave the operation
an aura of legitimacy," said Kevin M. Miller, agent in charge of the
Spokane office of the Secret Service. The defendants "built networks of
fake government agencies, accrediting organizations, and credential
evaluators."

"The investigation continues to determine if these documents have been
used by individuals to enroll for advanced degrees in U.S. and foreign
universities or to seek employment and promotion in both public and
private sector companies to include those involved in critical
infrastructure," Miller said.

To make the degrees look official, Carlson manufactured fraudulent
rubber stamps and seals, and Pearson acted as the Webmaster for several
of the diploma mill Web sites, the indictment alleges.

Markishtum is accused of printing some of the fraudulent documents and
falsely confirmed via telephone to employers and potential employers
that the degrees purchased were valid, the indictment further alleges.

As part of the scheme to defraud, the Randocks caused a fabricated Web
site to be created, which posed as the official and legitimate Web site
of the Liberian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the indictment said.

If convicted of the wire and mail fraud conspiracy, the defendants face
a maximum of five years in prison. The money laundering charge carries
a maximum of 20 years in prison, and a $500,000 fine.



http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...mamill07m.html

Friday, October 7, 2005 - 12:00 AM
Diploma-mill charges: degrees of deception

By Maureen O'Hagan Seattle Times staff reporter

With little more than a network of Web sites, telephones and bank
accounts, a group of eight people ran a million-dollar diploma business
that churned out thousands of bogus degrees, according to a federal
indictment.

The group, which ran St. Regis University and several related
businesses, was based in the Spokane area, although it purported to run
accredited colleges in Liberia. About half of the diplomas issued by
the group went to foreigners, leading authorities to worry that some
may use their phony degrees to qualify for U.S. work visas.

The indictment does not allege anyone used a bogus diploma to get into
the country. However, a Secret Service agent posing as a retired Syrian
military officer seeking a work visa was able to buy degrees in
engineering and chemistry, according to the indictment.

"We're concerned about it and it continues to be under investigation,"
said Thomas Rice, chief criminal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's
Office in Spokane.

The elaborate deception included online photos of what were supposed to
be campuses in Liberia, including a photo of Blenheim Castle in
England, where Winston Churchill was born, the indictment states. The
group also allegedly tried to hire Liberian professors - not to teach
classes but to answer phone calls.

Named in the indictment, handed down Wednesday, are Dixie Ellen
Randock, Steven Karl Randock Sr., Richard John Novak, Blake Alan
Carlson, Amy Leann Hensley, Heidi Kae Lorhan, Roberta Markishtum and
Kenneth Pearson, all charged with mail fraud. In addition, the Randocks
are charged with money laundering. The U.S. Attorney is also seeking to
seize a number of assets, including $480,000 in bank accounts and a
2001 Jaguar.

A phone message left last night for the Randocks was not immediately
returned, and it was not known if they had hired lawyers.

Big business

The diploma-mill phenomenon is vast and thriving, according to national
experts, and relies on the Internet and e-mail to attract customers. It
recently made local news when it was discovered that King County
sheriff candidate and department veteran Jim Fuda took advantage of a
Sheriff's Office perk and obtained an online diploma to get a 2 percent
pay raise. Fuda said he simply submitted his diploma and got the raise,
so he assumed there was nothing wrong.

The indictments, handed down out of the Eastern District of Washington,
portray a well-thought-out operation. The group operated diploma mills
under a variety of names, including James Monroe University and Trinity
Christian School as well as St. Regis, according to the indictment. The
schools offered degrees from high school to doctorate for $400 to
nearly $2,500. The indictment said the diplomas, complete with
official-looking seals, came with phony transcripts and grade-point
averages, and that course descriptions were cut and pasted from other
Internet sites.

But the group offered much more than paper, according to the
indictment.

They set up "verification" businesses, with telephones manned by group
members in case an employer called to ask questions. And they even
created a business to "accredit" the diploma mills as a way to make
them seem legitimate, the indictment alleges.

The indictment quotes an e-mail from Dixie Randock to another defendant
demanding "someone ... answer the damn phones and say we are fully
accredited" in Liberia. Randock allegedly wanted to hire Liberian
professors for $50 to $100 a month to answer phone or e-mail questions.
"The first time they do not say the right thing, their money gets cut
off permanently," the e-mail states.

Evaluating visas

One of the related businesses purported to evaluate credentials for an
H1B visa, which has authorities concerned that a foreigner may use a
bogus diploma to get into the United States, according to Rice of the
U.S. Attorney's Office.

To get an H1B visa, a foreigner must be sponsored by an employer and
have at least a bachelor's degree in a specialty occupation, such as
chemical engineer, said Steve Miller, a Seattle immigration lawyer. The
number of H1B visas is limited and employers pay thousands of dollars
for them, including a fee intended to help weed out fraud.

St. Regis is not affiliated with any similarly named schools, including
Regis University of Colorado.

An arraignment is set for Oct. 27. Mail fraud carries a possible
sentence of up to five years in prison. Money laundering has a possible
sentence of 20 years.

The St. Regis Web site has been taken down, although one blurb remains:
"Special Notice to St. Regis University Students & Alumni: The
admissions office of St. Regis University is no longer accepting
applications."










Federal Judge Hides Names Of 135 U.S. Federal Goverment Employees Who
Purchased Bogus Degrees, For At Least A Year, Probably Forever -
Includes NSA, Department Of Justice, HHS, And State Department
Employees...
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON - Names of 135 federal employees who allegedly
bought fake diplomas from an outfit in the western United States will
not be revealed for at least one year, if ever, according to a U.S
attorney's office.

Last week in Spokane, Wash., during a pretrial hearing for eight people
accused of selling counterfeit degrees from nonexistent universities, a
defense attorney told the judge that employees from the National
Security Agency and the Health and Human Services, Justice and State
departments were among 6,000 people who bought the diplomas, according
to the Associated Press.

The AP also reported that Peter Schweda, attorney for alleged diploma
mill operator Steven Randock, said the names of 135 government
employees who supposedly purchased the degrees for promotions or pay
raises would be released during the course of the trial.

The trial will not start for another year, though. Judge Lonny Suko of
the District Court of the Eastern District of Washington delayed it
until Oct. 1, 2007, to give attorneys more time to prepare. Suko said
more than 150,000 pages of e-mails, 40 CDs of documents and up to 50
witnesses will be used.

Tom Rice, a spokesman for the U.S attorney's office in Spokane,
Wash., which is prosecuting the case, said Schweda's assertions that
government purchasers would be revealed "were not necessarily
accurate."

Rice also said he cannot confirm or deny that there is a separate
Justice Department investigation into federal purchasers of the fake
degrees. The case was built around a sting operation by a handful of
Secret Service agents.

"It has been said that [names] may become available in that trial,
but sitting here discussing it with you, I don't see how it's
relevant to the Randock trial who purchased them," Rice said.
"That'd be like saying everybody who used cocaine would be
introduced in the trial of Manuel Noriega."

The 40-page indictment for defendants Steven Randock, Dixie Randock,
Richard Novak, Blake Carlson, Amy Hensley, Heidi Lorhan, Roberta
Markishtum and Kenneth Pearson accuses them of conspiracy to commit
mail fraud, among other offenses. Pearson pleaded guilty last week.

The defendants allegedly set up a number of bogus universities,
including "Saint Regis University," "James Monroe University"
and "Trinity Christian School." They then sold diplomas and fake
transcripts without requiring any coursework or testing.

One of the fake universities, "Robertstown University," used a
photograph of Blenheim Castle, the birthplace of Winston Churchill and
home of the Duke of Marlborough, to depict its campus on a Web site,
according to the indictment.

In 2004, the Office of Personnel Management held seminars to train
federal managers on spotting fake degrees. OPM and congressional
overseers stepped up efforts to thwart diploma mills after Laura
Callahan, a senior director in the Homeland Security Department chief
information officer's office, was found to have purchased her degrees
from an alleged diploma mill in Wyoming.

OPM did not respond to requests for comment on any current
investigation into federal employees involved in the Randock case.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe_University
Info on the Steven Karl Randock Sr bunch of fake Universities

Al Qasim University (Pakistan)
All Saints American University (Liberia)
Bangalore Inst of Science, Tech. and Mgt (India)
Blackstone University
Capital American University (Liberia)
Center College of Executive & Professional Development (India)
Colony University (Liberia)
InTech University (Liberia)
James Monroe University (Liberia, operated from Washington, Idaho and
Arizona)
Miranda International University (Tennessee, Washington, and Seborga,
Italy)
Nation State University
North United University
Panama Canal University
Port Rhode University
Robertstown University (Liberia, operated from Washington state, Idaho
and Arizona.)
St. Lourdes University
St. Renoir University
Trinity Christian School
Synergystics (ODA notes it "may" be connected)
University College for Advanced Studies (India)
Van Ives University
West Coast University (Panama, Western Australia, UK)




University Degree Program (UDP) is an unaccredited consortium of
diploma mills run by Jason and Caroline Abraham (alias: Yaakov and
Chaya Rochel). In 2004, The Chronicle of Higher Education noted UDP is
the "granddaddy" of diploma mill operations

Ashford University (London) (not to be confused with Ashford University
of Iowa) [1]
Brentwick University cited by 10-NBC "Brentwick's address is actually a
post office box above a dry cleaner in London" and Is this illegal? No.
Immoral, maybe, but not illegal
Glencullen University
Harrington University
Hartford University
Hartley University
Kingsfield University
Landford University
Northfield University
Oaklands University
Parkhurst University
Parkwood University
Shaftesbury University (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review notes Shaftesbury
University "diploma contain two misspellings, but the institution is
not recognized, or accredited, in the United Kingdom or the U.S."[3]
Shelbourne University
Shepperton University [4]
Stafford University
Thornewood University
University of Devonshire
University of Dorchester
University of Hampshire Website
University of Dunham
University of Bedford
University of Palmers Green
University of Ravenhurst
University of San Moritz
University of Wexford
Westbourne University
Westhampton University


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...her_learni ng


Adam Smith University
All India Naturopathy Council
Alabama Pacific University
Almeda University (aka Almeda College and University)
Alternative Medicine Research Institute (aka The Alternative Medicines
Research Organization)
American Austin University
Indo American University(USA)
American Bible College and Seminary (there was an accredited school by
this name that closed)
American Center for Religion and Society Studies
American Central University
American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc.
American Global Universities
American Global University School of Medicine (address in Columbus,
Ohio and Belmopan, Belize)
American National University
American Open University (Alexandria, Virginia)
American Pacific University
American Pacwest International University
American State University (Hawaii) (aka Hamilton University, Hamilton
University of Wyoming, and Richardson University)
American Universities Admission Program [10]
American University of Biblical Studies
American University of Hawaii [11](Not to be confused with University
of Hawaii)
American World University (registered in Pascagoula, Mississippi,
operator in California)
Andersonville Theological Seminary
Arkansas Biblical Graduate School
Armstrong-Clark University
Ashford University (London) (not to be confused with Ashford University
in Clinton, Iowa)
Ashwood University
Athenaeum University International
Atlantic Baptist Bible College
Badaganvi Sarkar World Open University Education Society
Baptist Christian University (Renamed in 1993 to Louisiana Baptist
University)
Baptist College of America
Baptist College of Ministry
Barber-Scotia College
Bay Ridge Christian College
Belford University(not to be confused with the University of Bedford
which is linked to University Degree Program) (a PO Box in Humble,
Texas)
Bennington University(not to be confused with Bennington College)
Berne University
Bhartiya Shiksha Parishad
B. H. Carroll Theological Institute (aka Benajah Harvey Carroll
Theological Institute)
Brentwick University
Breyer State University (Birmingham, Alabama)
British West Indies Medical College (earlier known as West Indies
College of Naturopathic Medicine and Surgery) (see [12] and [13])
Bronte International University (aka Trinity College and University)
Buxton University (not to be confused with the University of Derby's
Buxton campus) (Connected with instantdegrees.com)
California American University
California Biblical University and Seminary
California Graduate School of Theology
California Pacific School of Theology
Calvary Chapel Bible College
Calvin School of Apologetics and Theology (Kerala, India)
Cambridge State University ("district officials discovered the school
has an extensive criminal history and is nothing more than a diploma
mill.")[14]
Camford Business School
Canadian Institute of English
Canyon College
Central Louisiana University
Central University (Seoul, Korea)
Canbourne University (not to be confused with Camborne School of Mines)

Chadwick University
Champion Baptist College
Chicago Graduate School of Theology
Christ For The Nations Institute
Clayton College of Natural Health
Clayton University
Columbia Evangelical Seminary (aka Faraston Theological Seminary)
Columbia Pacific University (now Columbia Commonwealth College in
Wyoming)
Columbia State University
Columbus University (Picayune, Mississippi)[15]
Commercial University Ltd.
Commonwealth Baptist College (Kentucky)
Commonwealth Open University (not to be confused with Commonwealth
Institute)
Concordia College and University (This institution is in no way
connected to the Concordia University System or with Concordia
University)
Crescent City Christian College (Metairie, Louisiana) ("basically a
coach's house - no campus, no facilities, no faculty, no library that
anyone could discover"[16])
Crown College (Tennessee) (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Dallas State College
D.D.B. Sanskrit University
Degrees-R-Us
Delhi Vishwa Vidyapeeth
Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
Dublin Metropolitan University
Dublin European Institute (not to be confused with institute of the
same name at National University of Ireland, Dublin)
Earlscroft University
Eastern Baptist Institute
École supérieure Robert de Sorbon (purportly in France, but linked to
diploma mills in Sarasota, Florida) (aka American Universities
Admission Program)[17]
Edison University (aka University of San Gabriel Valley, Southland
University, LaSalle University)
Elim Bible Institute
Ellington University
European Open University (cited [18] in Quackwatch.com) Not to be
confused with the European Open Universities Network at European
Association of Distance Teaching Universities
European University of Ireland
Education Council of Tamil Nadu
Faith Theological Seminary and Christian College
Faith Way Baptist College
Flamel College (Sacramento, California)
Focus on the Family Institute
Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith
Gammon Theological Seminary
Geneva Reformed Seminary
Glencullen University ("A phony 'Irish university' is marketing degrees
internationally via the Internet. An EL reporter in the US, posing as a
prospective student, has been offered an English literature degree from
'Glencullen University', without any study, for $960"[19])
Glendale University (not to be confused with Glendale University
College of Law in California)
Golden State Baptist College
Golden State School of Theology (Stockon, California)
Golden State University (aka Honolulu University) (not to be confused
with Golden Gate University)
Grace Baptist College
Great Lakes Bible College
Greenleaf University
Greenwich University (aka Akamai University)(not to be confused with
University of Greenwich, London, England)
Gulf Coast Bible Institute
Hamilton University (aka American State University, Hamilton University
of Wyoming, and Richardson University)(not to be confused with Hamilton
College)
Harrington University
Hartley University
Hindu Online University( India)
Harvard University for External Studies (not to be confused with
Harvard Extension School)
Hawaii College of Pharmacy
Heartland Baptist Bible College
Holy Trinity College and Seminary (New Port Richey, Florida)
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)
Honolulu University (aka Honolulu University of the Arts, Sciences, and
Humanities) [20]
Hubbard College of Administration International
Hyles-Anderson College
Illinois Theological Seminary Online
Indian Education Council of U.P
Indian Virtual University( Singapore)
Indiana Christian University
Instantdegrees.com (aka Buxton University)
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Internet Bible College
International Academy of Science (Independence, Missouri)
International Open University Of Medicine (New Delhi, India)
International Institute of Management (Las Vegas, Nevada)
International Theological Seminary
InternationalUniversity of Engineering & Technology ( India )
Irish International University/Irish International University of Europa

Irish University Business School
Islamic Institute of Philosophy
Islamic Online University
James Monroe International University (aka James Monroe University and
Saint Regis University)
Kansas City College and Bible School
Kepler College (aka Kepler College of Astrological Arts and Sciences)
Kennedy-Western University
Kent College (Louisiana)[21]
Kesarwani Vidyapith
King's International University (not to be confused with King's
University College in Edmonton, AB)
Kingsfield University
Knightsbridge University
Koinonia Institute (Idaho)
Lacrosse University (aka La Crosse University)
Landford University
LaSalle University (Louisiana) [22] [23] (not to be confused with
LaSalle University (Philadelphia), or with LaSalle Extension University
(Chicago)])
Lexington University
Livets Ord University (Sweden)
Logos Christian College and Graduate Schools
Louisiana Baptist University
Loyola State University (not to be confused with any of the
institutions mentioned at Loyola University)
Madison University (not to be confused with University of
Wisconsin-Madison or James Madison University)
Maharana Patap Shiksha Niketan Vishwavidyalaya
Mahila Gram Vidyapith
Maithili University
Maimonides University
Maritime Greenwich College (not to be confused with University of
Greenwich). [1]
Marlborough University
Master's Divinity School (not to confused with the Master's College and
the Master's Seminary)
McQueen's University of Technology
Metropolitan Collegiate Institute (associated with the fake teaching
hospital Sussex General Hospital, both purportedly in London (BBC
article)
Midwestern Baptist College (aka Midwestern Bible College)
Millwood University
Modern Institute of Reflexology (Lakewood, Colorado)
Monticello University
Mountain States Baptist College
National University of Electro Complex Homeopathy
Nations University (aka NationsUniversity)
Newport University (California)
New Life Theological Seminary
New Geneva Theological Seminary (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
New Testament Christian Seminary (Graham, Washington)
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose University
Northfield University (not to be confused with the Northfield Mount
Hermon School)
North Tennessee Bible Institute
Open University of America
Open University of India
Oxford Graduate School
Pacific Baptist Bible College (Long Beach, California)
Pacific International University (aka Pacific College Incorporated and
Pacific College of Graduate Studies)
Pacific Southern University
Parkwood University
Patrick Henry College
Patriot Bible University
Peace River Bible Institute
Pensacola Bible Institute
Pensacola Christian College
Perfect Image Beauty & Cosmetology Academy
Preston University (Cheyenne) (Cheyenne, Wyoming) [24]
Providence Baptist College
Queensland Christian University (Australia)
Raja Arabic University
Recoleta University
Rastriya Vidyapeeth(India)
Redding University
Rastriya Shiksha Parishad(India)
Rastriya Sewak Samaj(India)
Redstone University(India)
Regent International University [25]
Regions University
Richardson University (Bahamas) (aka American State University,
Hamilton University and Hamilton University of Wyoming)
Robertstown University
Rochville University (aka www.speedydegrees.com)
Rushmore University
Santa Monica Pacific University
Scofield Graduate School
Sequoia University (aka College of Drugless Healing)
Serampore University (aka Senate of Serampore College)
Shaftesbury University
Shelborne University
Shepherd Bible College
Shepperton University
Slidell Baptist Seminary
South Pacific University
Southern Christian University
Southwestern Christian University
Sri Venkateswara Open University (India)
St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine
St. Clements University (Called a "degree mill" by the State of Maine
PDF - # 564)
St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology
St. Luke Evangelical School Of Biblical Studies
St. Luke School of Medicine
St. Regis University (not to be confused with Regis University) (aka
James Monroe International University and James Monroe University)
Stafford University
Stamford International University (not to be confused with Stanford
University)
Strassford University
Stanford University (Arkansas)
Stanton University
Suffield University (Connecticut[26])
Summit Theological Seminary
Summit University (aka Summit University of Louisiana)
Tabernacle Baptist Theological Seminary
Temple Baptist College
Tennessee Temple Theological Seminary
Texas Baptist College
The Center for Independent Studies at Miami
The Indian Institute of Planning and Management
The Open International University for Alternative Medicine (India)
(Missing from UNESCO's list[27])
Thames Valley College Limited (A company based in London, UK)
Thornewood University
Tooling University
Trinity College and University (not to be confused with institutions
listed at Trinity College (disambiguation))
Trinity School of Apologetics & Theology (aka Trinity Graduate School
of Apologetics And Theology) (Kerala, India)
Trinity Southern University (See: Colby Nolan) [28]
Trinity Theological Seminary (not to be confused with Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School)
Tyndale Theological Seminary
Urban Harvest Bible Institute & Seminary
University Consulting Inc. (The parent group of some diploma mills)
University Degree Program (nearly 50 institutions linked to this
operation)
University of Asia
University of Bedford (linked to University Degree Program)( not to be
confused with the unaccredited Belford University)
University of Berkley
University of Devonshire
University of Dunham
University of England
University of Engineering & Technology ( India )
University of Health Sciences Antigua
University of North America
University of Northern Washington
University of Palmers Green
University of Ravenhurst
University of San Gabriel Valley
University of San Moritz
University of Sussex at Brantridge
University of Switzerland
University of the Nations (Provost office in Switzerland; Records in
UK)
University of the Nations at Kona (Hawaii)
University of Wexford (aka University of Wexford at Zurich)
Uttar Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya
Vancouver University Worldwide
Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
Victory Baptist College
Virginia International University[29]
Visible School
Vision Christian Bible College and Seminary
Vision International University (Ramona, California)
Warnborough University Name changed to Warnborough College (Ireland)
seeking accreditation
Warren National University
West Clayton University (Humble, Texas)
West Coast Baptist College
Westhampton University
Weston Reserve University (not to be confused with Case Western Reserve
University)
Whitefield College
World Mission University
S.S.K University, Chennai
Zion Ministerial Institute

 




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