From Reuters via SignOnSanDiego:
Chinese police have detained eight people for selling fake university enrolment certificates to around 1,000 unwitting students for a total 10 million yuan ($1.32 million), Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
A gang of 11 travelled throughout the country, promising students in 17 provinces places at university, according to the public security bureau of Haikou, capital of the southernmost island province of Hainan . ‘They forged stamps and matriculation certificates of many universities, hired hackers to falsify computer enrolment records and pretended to be recruitment staff,’ the report said. [Full Text]
