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Sunday, September 04, 2005
Diploma mills making millions - Emily Heffter, Seattle Times
The diploma-mill operation that sent King County sheriff candidate Jim Fuda a "diploma" in public administration may have grossed as much as $450 million over five years in an international scam, a former FBI agent and fake-diploma expert said yesterday. So-called Kingsfield University, where Fuda got his degree, is part of an elaborate operation that issued fake degrees based on little more than a phone call, said Allen Ezell, a retired FBI agent and author who is a nationally recognized expert on phony colleges. Kingsfield is one of at least 18 names the University Degree Program used to issue fake diplomas between 1998 and 2003, when it was shut down in a civil action by the Federal Trade Commission. Ezell has amassed a large collection of fake degrees, including 10 bachelor's degrees, 19 master's degrees, four Ph.D.s and two M.D.s.
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