Arthur Lee Cofield, Jr: The Cell Block Millionaire Heist

So story one y'all is about a crazy fraud ring coming out of India.

but it is affecting many different countries.

Now, the report goes, the Kerala, sorry if I pronounced this wrong, the Kerala police just dismantled one of the largest multi-state fraud degree operations And this is involving a massive fraud ring, which included more than 100,000 degrees.

And those degrees were forged and it was tied to over 22 different universities.

And over 1 million fake degrees are estimated to be circulating around.

The Kerala police arrested 11 individuals linked to the nationwide forgery network scamming.

And this is in multiple states as well.

This scam was so in depth that it included a skill printing operation, a Tamil Nandu, sorry, The Kerala police arrested 11 individuals linked to this nationwide forgery network spanning multiple states.

This scam was so in depth that it included a skilled printing operation that manufactured highly realistic, hyper-realistic certificates using fake seals, stamps, and even official gray paper, even Ford signatures.

Now the Ford credentials were sold through brokers and the prices range from anywhere between $900 to $6,000 to purchase these fake degrees and certificates.

Now if that It's surprising.

It gets even crazier because the certificates and the degrees even included a fake website where employers and even visa officers could verify the credentials online.

Now, what makes matters worse is that these degrees allow them to put our safety at risk because a lot of these fake degrees And certificates were tied to high skilled jobs like, get this y'all, doctors, nursing, medical degrees, engineering, tech, and even sciences.

And a lot of the people with these fake degrees and certifications were practicing at the National Health Mission for the government.

clinics.

They were also at BTEC and allowed them to get immediate professional seniority Now, the outcome of this has caused the US to actively trace buyers who had successfully used the fake credentials to secure H-1B visas, work visas, and even medical residencies in states like New York, California, Florida, and New Jersey.

Now, the UK and Canada have both launched emergency retroactive verification checks on existing credentials, and tightened verification framework for incoming students and work visas.

Australia, they found out that a few credential holders used them to gain access to the North Indian University to gain university admission benefits.

they actually have been deported.

So they were fast on them.

And the Middle East have even stricter laws now because of this.

Now they are checking platforms and auditing on engineers and quality control officers.

Now the Indian government put out a global warning that institutions should shift from paper certificates and to test for real world technical skills.

Yeah, y'all.

So this operation says that there is over 1 million fake degrees circulating around all over.