Bengaluru man sells over 6,800 fake degrees from 15 universities

Police said 6,800 fake certificates from 15 universities were found. (agent)

Bengaluru:

Bengaluru’s Central Crime Branch (CCB) said a man has been arrested for allegedly selling fake university degree certificates for the past several years.

The CCB said in a statement on Friday that 6,800 fake certificates of 15 universities, 22 laptops, computers and 13 mobile phones were seized from the person.

The CCB said it carried out simultaneous raids at New Quest Technologies, System Quest, Aaruhi Institute, Vishwajyoti College and Benaka Correspondence College as part of its probe into the matter.

The CCB said that interrogation of the arrested person revealed that he used to run a systematic network where he used to issue fake degree certificates of various universities. The investigation of such activities will continue.

Police said they have seized undergraduate and postgraduate degree certificates of Bangalore University, Annamalai University, Sikkim University, Venkateswara University in Arunachal Pradesh and Mangalore University.

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