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, who posted the infamous "paranoid totmom" videos, allegedly went to extraordinary lengths to fake a college degree she didn’t have; making the claims in engagement announcements she placed in several newspapers - including the Los Angeles Times and Irvine World News. Ms. Williams-Brown may be facing incarceration, probation and a heavy fine just like Melissa Howard, a disgraced politician who also faked her college degree.
School Officials: Melissa Williams-Brown was never a student
Emails from officials at George Washington University indicate Melissa Williams-Brown may have staged college degree deception.
Miranda Sieg of alumni relations said she "cannot find any records" of her enrollment.
Desiree Bascomb, a spokesperson from media relations, said in an email: "Our records office is unable to find a record of her attendance."
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Glenn Jonathan Brown and Melissa Barbara Williams announced their engagement. Brown lived in Irvine for 20 years before leaving his home in Turtle Rock in 2001 to accept a job in Washington, D.C. The future bride is of Reston, Va., and earned her bachelor's degree from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She plans to complete her master's degree information systems technology there as well. She works in the Washington, D.C., area as a computer programmer and freelance Web developer. The groom-to-be earned his bachelor's degree in the science of economics and his master's of business degree from the University of South Carolina. He works in Washington, D.C., as vice president of aftermarket and customer services for Rolls-Royce. After dating for two years, Brown surprised his bride-to-be by proposing to her on one knee in front of Westminster Abbey during a trip to London. A mid-afternoon, outdoor wedding is planned for her birthday, June 6, 2004, at Breaux Winery in Purcellville, Va. |
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Glenn Brown and Melissa Williams of Reston, Va. announce their engagement The bride-elect, daughter of Joanne and Felton Williams, graduated from Jefferson Davis High School and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The future bridegroom, son of Gabriel and Marion of Columbia, S.C., graduated from Spring Valley High in Columbia and the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He was a former member of the Breakfast Club and Balboa Bay Club of Newport Beach. A June 6, 2004, wedding is planned at Breaux Vineyards in Purcellville, Va. |
Fake degrees: Exposing South Australians with Phony Credentials
Criminal Code 817.566 Misrepresentation of association with, or academic standing at, postsecondary educational institution.— Any person who, with intent to defraud, misrepresents his or her association with, or academic standing or other progress at, any postsecondary educational institution by falsely making, altering, simulating, or forging a document, degree, certificate, diploma, award, record, letter, transcript, form, or other paper; or any person who causes or procures such a misrepresentation; or any person who utters and publishes or otherwise represents such a document, degree, certificate, diploma, award, record, letter, transcript, form, or other paper as true, knowing it to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree
Degree Theft, Fake College Degrees, Unlicensed, Identity Theft, South Australia Crimes
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- Construction project manager arrested for submitting a fake degree
- Faking a College Degree: A timebomb that will ruin your career
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Melissa Williams-Brown has a 20-year history of falsifying resumes and academic fraud.
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).