Melissa Williams-Brown Faked a College Degree Many people lie about their education on a CV and even to potential employers. Others, like Melissa Williams-Brown of Adelaide South Australia, go to extreme measures to fake a college degree they never had. Note: Readers may remember Melissa from her " paranoid tot mom videos " she posted to her social media in 2017. The self-described "photographer, cybersecurity expert and licensed pilot" claimed to hold degrees from George Washington University in articles announcing nuptials to third husband, Glenn Jonathan Brown - an accountant with PwC Australia. Melissa Williams-Brown made the false claims in several newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and Irvine World News . When questions about her past arose, officials from George Washington University issued statements saying they have "no record of Melissa Williams-Brown" and "her claims are false - she was never a student at this institution."...

South Australia Police launch criminal investigation of Melissa Williams-Brown for identity theft and cybercrime offences Melissa Williams-Brown used forged consent forms to steal private records from the National Student Clearinghouse. Melissa Williams-Brown  posed as an employer conducting background checks in order to illegally obtain educational records and private information from the National Student Clearinghouse. Officials say Williams-Brown used forged consent forms and posed as an employer conducting background checks to illegally obtain protected educational records and other personal data from the  National Student Clearinghouse , a government agency affiliated with the  United States Department of Education  (DOE). South Australia Police launch criminal investigation of  Melissa Williams-Brown for identity theft and cybercrime offences - victims notified. South Australia Police launch criminal investigation of  Melissa Williams-Brown for iden...

Melissa Williams-Brown lied about earning a college degree  George Washington University has no record of her despite claims made in newspaper articles. (Photo Credit: melissabrowninoz.blogspot.com) It is estimated that up to half of all resumes contain fraudulent information*, including educational achievements. Those who falsify information count on the verification process being so difficult that employers and others will not attempt to verify educational claims. For more information on the cost of credentials fraud and how to fight it, ask your Clearinghouse regional director for a copy of  “ Your Institution’s Reputation on the Line " Melissa Williams-Brown went to extraordinary lengths to fake a college degree she does not have, including claims in engagement announcements she placed in several newspapers - including the Los Angeles Times and Irvine World News . School Officials: Melissa Williams-Brown was never a student Melissa's claims of a bachelors degree from Geo...

A woman who lied on her resume and faked "glowing" references to land a high-paying job with an Australian regional government has been sentenced to at least a year in prison. A former top Adelaide bureaucrat who lied on her curriculum vitae (CV) to secure her lucrative SA Government position has been jailed for at least 12 months. Adelaide Woman Who Lied On CV (Now lying in a South Australia prison) Veronica Hilda Theriault, 46, was convicted Tuesday of deception, dishonesty, and abuse of public office, relating to her 2017 application for the chief information officer role, which came with an annual salary of 270,000 Australian dollars (US$185,000). Theriault worked in the position with South Australia's Department of the Premier and Cabinet for over a month and earned about 33,000 Australian dollars ($22,500) before being fired. She pleaded guilty to all charges and received a 25-month sentence with a non-parole period of a year. But the lies didn't end there. In e...

George Washington University Has No Record of Melissa Williams-Brown, claims of a degree are false Pathological liars tell compulsive lies without a clear motive. This type of lying is different than non-pathological lying, where the lie is often beneficial in some way. Lying is a common feature of social interactions among humans. This behavior even occurs in some animals, such as monkeys. Lies often lead to some benefit. For example, a person may lie to avoid social embarrassment. While some people lie more frequently than others, it is not typically a sign of a mental health condition. Pathological lying is different. It may be a sign of an underlying mental health condition, such as a personality disorder . In this article, we discuss pathological lying in more detail, including how to recognize it and how to cope with this behavior in others. Related :  Munchausen and Pathological Lying: The Strange Saga of Melissa Williams-Brown What is pathological lying? A pathological lia...

Münchausen by internet: the sick world of the internet fakers Why would someone feign a serious illness online? The  strange world of Münchausen by internet Anyone following her updates online could see that Mandy Wilson had been having a terrible few years. She was diagnosed with leukaemia at 37, shortly after her husband abandoned her, leaving her to bring up their five-year-old daughter and baby son on her own. Chemotherapy damaged her immune system, liver and heart so badly she eventually had a stroke and went into a coma. She spent weeks recovering in intensive care, where nurses treated her roughly, leaving her covered in bruises. Wilson was frightened and vulnerable, but she wasn't alone. As she suffered at home in Australia, women offered their support throughout the US, Britain, New Zealand and Canada. She'd been posting on connectedmoms.com, an online community for mothers, and its members were following every detail of her progress - through updates posted by Wilson ...