How I hunt down fake degrees and zombie universities
Briefly

André Hesselbäck has dedicated 22 years to exposing fraudulent organizations selling illegitimate degrees, linking credential fraud to organized crime and estimating it generates billions annually.
Hesselbäck's primary focus is on South Asia, where a significant number of unaccredited universities exist amid large student populations, fueling the credential fraud issue.
He estimates that 10-15% of the workforce in sectors like economics and engineering may come from these degree mills or unrecognized schools, with high financial costs involved.
Determining the legitimacy of credentials is complex; Hesselbäck claims it’s easier to verify a university's legitimacy than to conclusively prove one is fraudulent.
Read at Nature
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