Bogus A High Degree of Fraud in Government Service 2006-11-03T09:42:41-07:00 Dan O http://www.vote29.com/blog/bogus/bogus.php isp2@obtel.com tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus Pivot Copyright (c) 2006, Authors of Bogus Grand jury returns indictments in diploma mill case 2005-10-08T15:28:00-07:00 2005-10-08T15:28:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.456 SPOKANE, Wash. -- Eight people have been indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of operating a huge diploma mill that could have helped foreigners illegally enter the United States, U.S. Attorney James A. McDevitt said. Thousands of fraudulent high school and college diplomas were sold to people around the world, generating more than $1 million in sales, McDevitt said Wednesday. casperstartribune.net SPOKANE, Wash. -- Eight people have been indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of operating a huge diploma mill that could have helped foreigners illegally enter the United States, U.S. Attorney James A. McDevitt said.

Thousands of fraudulent high school and college diplomas were sold to people around the world, generating more than $1 million in sales, McDevitt said Wednesday.

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]]> obtel Prosecutors Block Site Offering 'Berkley' Degrees - The Daily Californian 2005-07-11T08:14:00-07:00 2005-07-11T08:14:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.283 Until last week, a man who calls himself Dr. Dennis Globosky sold thousands of degrees over the Internet from a familiar-sounding University of Berkley for as little as $2,065. UC Berkeley officials previously sent cease and desist letters to Globosky, claiming he violated the school’s trademark rights. However, it was not until last week, after Pennsylvania prosecutors sued Globosky and his business for consumer fraud, that his company was stopped from issuing degrees...http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=18981 Until last week, a man who calls himself Dr. Dennis Globosky sold thousands of degrees over the Internet from a familiar-sounding University of Berkley for as little as $2,065. UC Berkeley officials previously sent cease and desist letters to Globosky, claiming he violated the school’s trademark rights. However, it was not until last week, after Pennsylvania prosecutors sued Globosky and his business for consumer fraud, that his company was stopped from issuing degrees...

http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=18981 ]]> obtel kingcountyjournal.com - Fake therapist gets stiff sentence for cheating clients; counselor used false degrees, charisma to steal more than $800,000 from ADD patients 2005-07-11T08:10:00-07:00 2005-07-11T08:10:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.282 He gained their trust and stole their money, but Friday was payback time for a phony therapist. A judge sentenced former Redmond counselor William F. Bentley III to nine years in prison for lying about his credentials and bilking his patients and their families out of more than $800,000. Prosecutors asked for the exceptionally stiff sentence, well above the standard range of 3˝ to 5 years in prison, because Bentley repeatedly used lies and deception to rip off his trusting clients for hundreds of thousands of dollars. They thought they were donating to his startup psychology clinic in Redmond for children with attention-deficit disorder. http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/211732 He gained their trust and stole their money, but Friday was payback time for a phony therapist.

A judge sentenced former Redmond counselor William F. Bentley III to nine years in prison for lying about his credentials and bilking his patients and their families out of more than $800,000.

Prosecutors asked for the exceptionally stiff sentence, well above the standard range of 3˝ to 5 years in prison, because Bentley repeatedly used lies and deception to rip off his trusting clients for hundreds of thousands of dollars. They thought they were donating to his startup psychology clinic in Redmond for children with attention-deficit disorder.



http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/211732 ]]> obtel PA AG After NM State Trooper for Diploma Mill Fraud 2005-07-06T20:23:00-07:00 2005-07-06T20:23:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.268 ERIE, Pa., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney General Tom Corbett today filed a civil lawsuit against a former New Mexico State Trooper accused of operating an Erie-based online "diploma mill" and phony accreditation institution that sold thousands of bogus Associate, Bachelor's, Masters, Doctorate and Honorary degrees to individuals nationally and internationally. The complaint and separate motion for special injunction seeking to shut down the online business was filed in Erie County Court. The legal action investigated by Corbett's Bureau of Consumer Protection additionally seeks to permanently prohibit the defendant from engaging in business in the state and require the payment of fines and costs. During a news conference at his Erie Office today, Corbett identified the defendants as 50-year-old Dennis James Globosky, last known address 204 German St., Erie, and Globosky's businesses, "The University of Berkley," "The University of Berkley Online," UofB Inc., and "accreditation institution" New Millennium Accrediting Partnership for Educators Worldwide or "N.A.P.F.E.W." Globosky served on the New Mexico State Police force from 1978-1979. According to the lawsuit, Globosky is operating from offices located at 2700 West 21st St., Suite 24, Erie, despite representations in advertising materials that the University has numerous satellite offices throughout the U.S., including Berkley, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois. Various documents claim that "N.A.P.F.E.W." has a Washington, D.C. mailing address. More The complaint and separate motion for special injunction seeking to shut down the online business was filed in Erie County Court. The legal action investigated by Corbett's Bureau of Consumer Protection additionally seeks to permanently prohibit the defendant from engaging in business in the state and require the payment of fines and costs.

During a news conference at his Erie Office today, Corbett identified the defendants as 50-year-old Dennis James Globosky, last known address 204 German St., Erie, and Globosky's businesses, "The University of Berkley," "The University of Berkley Online," UofB Inc., and "accreditation institution" New Millennium Accrediting Partnership for Educators Worldwide or "N.A.P.F.E.W." Globosky served on the New Mexico State Police force from 1978-1979.

According to the lawsuit, Globosky is operating from offices located at 2700 West 21st St., Suite 24, Erie, despite representations in advertising materials that the University has numerous satellite offices throughout the U.S., including Berkley, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois. Various documents claim that "N.A.P.F.E.W." has a Washington, D.C. mailing address. More

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]]> obtel UI prof crusades against bogus schools 2005-06-30T17:05:00-07:00 2005-06-30T17:05:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.228 University of Illinois physics Professor George Gollin is having a homosexual affair, his marriage is disintegrating and his teen-age daughter is enrolled in University Laboratory High School, "a remedial institution."   Or so the anonymous posters on an Internet bulletin board about "distance education," largely online schools, claimed recently.   Actually, Gollin's only problem is that he decided to challenge a class of those schools known as diploma or degree mills, which hand out diplomas – even medical degrees – for a lot of money and little or no work. Credit cards accepted.   "He is the subject of incredible harassment because he's a threat to them," said John Bear, a Florida-based distance learning expert and co-author of a book about diploma mills who also publishes guides to legitimate online and by-mail educational programs.   Allen Ezell, a retired FBI agent who co-wrote the book "Degree Mills: The Billion Dollar Industry that has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas" with Bear, has seen this kind of thing before.http://www.news-gazette.com/localnews/story.cfm?Number=18449 University of Illinois physics Professor George Gollin is having a homosexual affair, his marriage is disintegrating and his teen-age daughter is enrolled in University Laboratory High School, "a remedial institution."
Or so the anonymous posters on an Internet bulletin board about "distance education," largely online schools, claimed recently.
Actually, Gollin's only problem is that he decided to challenge a class of those schools known as diploma or degree mills, which hand out diplomas – even medical degrees – for a lot of money and little or no work. Credit cards accepted.
"He is the subject of incredible harassment because he's a threat to them," said John Bear, a Florida-based distance learning expert and co-author of a book about diploma mills who also publishes guides to legitimate online and by-mail educational programs.
Allen Ezell, a retired FBI agent who co-wrote the book "Degree Mills: The Billion Dollar Industry that has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas" with Bear, has seen this kind of thing before.
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]]> obtel The Payson Roundup: Is there a doctor in the house? 2005-06-30T16:57:00-07:00 2005-06-30T16:57:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.227 Attending a Gila County Community College Board of Governors meeting anymore is like watching the Three Stooges' comedy short, "Men in Black." For those of you unfamiliar with the gag, Larry, Moe and Curly play three deadbeat medical school flunkies, Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine and Dr. Howard. The threesome bumble through the hospital over the loudspeaker's nonstop paging: "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard. Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard." The list of doctors at Gila Community College, now run by Eastern Arizona College, keeps growing. Yesterday, the board of governors announced the appointment of Dr. Harry Swanson as dean of the Payson campus. He completes the triumvirate of EAC's Gila County diploma-mill educated leadership: Dr. Stephen Cullen, dean of the Gila Pueblo campus and Margo Bracamonte, senior dean. http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/opinion/story/19448 Attending a Gila County Community College Board of Governors meeting anymore is like watching the Three Stooges' comedy short, "Men in Black." For those of you unfamiliar with the gag, Larry, Moe and Curly play three deadbeat medical school flunkies, Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine and Dr. Howard. The threesome bumble through the hospital over the loudspeaker's nonstop paging: "Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard. Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard."

The list of doctors at Gila Community College, now run by Eastern Arizona College, keeps growing. Yesterday, the board of governors announced the appointment of Dr. Harry Swanson as dean of the Payson campus. He completes the triumvirate of EAC's Gila County diploma-mill educated leadership: Dr. Stephen Cullen, dean of the Gila Pueblo campus and Margo Bracamonte, senior dean.

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]]> obtel Quack U.S. Doctor kills 87 in Australia 2005-06-19T21:16:00-07:00 2005-06-19T21:16:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.180 BUNDABERG, Australia, June 18 - When Dr. Jayant Patel accepted a surgical post at the municipal hospital here two years ago, it was a big relief to this farm town, which has had trouble finding and keeping doctors. Dr. Patel was a professor of surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo in the 1980's, and he came highly recommended by several doctors in Oregon, where he had also worked. More http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/ZNYT04/506190387/1004/Local More http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050619/ZNYT04/506190387/1004/Local ]]> obtel Words that come back to haunt you. 2005-06-11T16:46:00-07:00 2005-06-11T16:46:00-07:00 tag:cactusthorns,2006:bogus.168 Joshua Tree radio station KCDZ 107.7-FM aired an editorial in late 2002 that said Yucca Town Manager Stewart (presently the city manage of Barstow) didn't have the background needed to be the town manager. "Good town managers," News Director Gary Daigneault said in the editorial, "spend years in top schools studying public administration, learning the laws of the state, how a county interfaces with its municipalities, tax laws, redevelopment, reimbursements ... ."http://www.desertdispatch.com/2004/107460898495369.html This is a great example of Gary Daigneault's double standards, and in his  own words  to boot. Mindful of the dicussions here, read the article link tell us what you think. (presently the city manage of Barstow) didn't have the background needed to be the town manager.

"Good town managers," News Director Gary Daigneault said in the editorial, "spend years in top schools studying public administration, learning the laws of the state, how a county interfaces with its municipalities, tax laws, redevelopment, reimbursements ... ."

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