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False educational credentials are common among today's pool of fiercely competitive job applicants. A SearchFirst Education Verification Check confirms schools attended, dates of attendance, certificates, diplomas and/or degree(s) received, and special recognition or rewards.

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Scottsboro woman sentenced for role in fraud (The Gadsden Times)
A Scottsboro woman was sentenced Wednesday to serve time in federal prison for her role in a Pell Grant fraud, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Alice Martin and the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General.
Idaho Declares Insurance Fraud Awareness Week (Insurance Journal)
The Idaho Department of Insurance is spearheading Fraud Awareness Week to promote anti-fraud education, raise awareness about the impact of fraud and white-collar crime on society and encourage Idaho
FRAUDFacts Offers Knowledge to Fight Identity Theft and Fraud for Life (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
FRAUDFacts is a one-stop resource for up-to-date, expert fraud prevention information and tools to help protect consumers and businesses from fraud, scams, Identity Theft, and other risks.
Delaware residents face insurance fraud charges (The Daily Star)
An East Meredith resident is being accused of insurance fraud after saying he was disabled and unable to work following an automobile accident, state officials said.
Sue Schmitz Trial: Day 2 In Decatur (WAFF 48 News Huntsville)
Schmitz is accused of fraud and embezzlement for receiving $177,000 in pay for work prosecutors say she didn't do.
Our View: Trade school bill big ball of red tape (Appeal-Democrat)
What's big and fat and has red tape all over? A new 125-page bill that would reinstitute the Bureau for Private Post-secondary Vocational Education to regulate and penalize for-profit career schools. The bill is so unwieldy that even the Department of Consumer Affairs has opposed it.
Former Guntersville resident sentenced (The Sand Mountain Reporter)
Wanda Bell Gaither was sentenced to serve time in federal prison Wednesday for her role in a Pell Grant fraud.
Brighton Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud in Cotton Scheme (The Memphis Daily News)
Dennis O’Connor paid the bills for the construction of a new cotton plant in Millington after the Global Cotton Recovery plant in Covington was heavil....
Ariz. affirmative action ban foes file challenge (FOX 11 Tucson)
PHOENIX (AP) -- Alleging fraud by petition circulators and other improprieties, opponents of a ballot measure to generally bar racial and gender preferences by the state government asked a court Monday to keep the initiative off the November ballot.
Travis County district attorney investigating complaint about TEA watchdog (KVUE-TV Austin)
The Travis County district attorney's office is investigating a criminal complaint involving the Texas Education Agency's watchdog unit, an official in the district attorney's office confirmed Monday.

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