Cheating with fake degrees is so rampant: more than 2 cases a day!

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Assistant finance professor leaves SMU after allegedly making false claims about academic writing​

LinkedIn/Margaret ZhuA photograph of Ms Margaret Zhu, a former assistant professor at SMU, from her LinkedIn page.

BY LORAINE LEE
Published May 6, 2022

SINGAPORE — Singapore Management University (SMU) is reviewing its vetting procedures on academic writing after an assistant professor of finance was found to have falsified academic claims.
According to an SMU spokesperson on Friday (May 6), Ms Margaret Zhu's employment with the university ceased with effect from May 1.
"The university had sought to validate some concerns we had in this particular case and we concluded that some of the individual’s academic claims were not accurate," said the spokesperson.
The university did not say if Ms Zhu had resigned or was fired.
When TODAY tried to view Ms Zhu's academic profile on Friday, the page was unable to load.

According to Ms Zhu's LinkedIn page, she joined SMU in July 2021, and was formerly an assistant professor of finance for The Chinese University of Hong Kong from September 2019 to July 2021, and an assistant professor for City University of Hong Kong from August 2011 to August 2019.
Ms Zhu's departure from SMU was first reported by The Business Times on Friday.
She had allegedly lied about receiving conditional acceptances for two papers, titled "Real Effects of Corporate Hedging" and "Corporate Derivatives Hedging in the Past Two Decades", from the Journal of Finance and Review of Financial Studies respectively.
However, emails between blogger Christopher Brunet and the two publications revealed that Ms Zhu's papers had not been accepted by either.
Mr Brunet had first brought to light Ms Zhu's falsified claims after a tip-off from a thread on Economics Job Market Rumours, according to The Business Times.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where Ms Zhu was previously employed, has also removed mentions of the two publications she previously claimed to have been conditionally accepted.
The SMU spokesperson said: "SMU adheres to strict standards in its faculty hiring processes as the quality of faculty at SMU is paramount to the university’s efforts in delivering a high-quality SMU education and conducting leading-edge research. We expect faculty to demonstrate integrity in their conduct.
"SMU will review our vetting procedures on academic writing and address any gaps to prevent such incidents from recurring."
TODAY has sought comment from Ms Zhu.

 

[plzhelpme]

 

[A Singaporean]

Nothing new. SOP to fuck Sinkies
Majulah.

 

[mahjongking]

Hah! That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Rotan, confiscation of all wealth and assets, deportation (including their family members) and a warning to never return on the pain of death.

That'll solve the problem pretty quickly.

this pic looks perfect for a 10 hour marathon gangbang

 

[batman1]

MOM sleeping .

 

[birdie69]

MOM sleeping .

They pretend to sleep so the faked foreign talents would create more good but lower pay job for our young qualified PMETs

 

[tobelightlight]

No locals work can teach in university? Why hire foreigners?

 

[Patriotmissile]

Sinkies are gullible. Thatz why.

 

[batman1]

No locals work can teach in university? Why hire foreigners?

They always said : Sinkees lack the special skills.
KNNCCB to them.

 

[tanwahtiu]

I don’t understand the point of fake degrees. The standard of education is so low in some of the shitter countries that it will hardly take someone brainy to pass and get the real degrees in the first place.

Kinda like creating a counterfeit copy of a G-shock which is dirt cheap.

Listen. The Indians form syndicate group to corner all IT jobs in the world. This was back in 2003 after the dotcom crash.

MSCSE... Microsoft Certificate in Sydtem Engineer.

It started from here massive recruitment of this jobs go to the Indian syndicated group that created fake degree for their unemployed youngsters in India to steal overseas System Engineer jobs. Each year 6 million unemployed youngsters in india need jobs each year. Where to find millions of good well paid IT jobs for their unemployed youth....

Pay the Syndicate groups US$10,000 and they will house you for 3 months take the basic MSCSE course by phone and PC.

after that they send you work in IT departments anywhere in the world. The US companies HR were corrupted get under r table money to hire their workers.

Retrench/ made redundancy company IT worker and replaced with fake degreec ahneh MSCSE workers. this outgoing IT worker will have to train fake ahneh for 6 months... this will turn ahneh from zero to hero to Superstar IT workers very soon. Than the whole IT department is taken over by ahnehs gang... they screwed up the IT system and finally the company fold up.... like Kodak, Boeing, GM.... gone now...

And PAP GLCs IT department provide the platform for training the ahnehs.... but GLCs didn't fold up.... why? Need to find out???? TH behind stop GLCs fold up?

In return, these well paid fake IT ahneh workers become tenants for GLC CEO and executive cronies residential investment properties highly paid fake IT ahneh workers get to live very well in condo units with gym and swimming pools, at the expense IT jobs stolen away.

What's there to complaint now?

Wait for Loong administration to end and Wong4G administration to come.... then smashed this 4G in the GE and throw them to be oppies....

Loong want to be next SM post to control PAP. nah he is not like his father .... who cares a fuck of him as SM....虎落平阳被犬欺... he is a toothless tiger by then....

 

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Visiting professor at NUS Business School called out in China as fraud with fake credentials​

The 58-year-old academic's background came under scrutiny after her ties with Huawei were denounced by the company.
Belmont Lay
July 23, 2022

An academic from China, who is a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, has been called out as a fraud in her home country.


News of her allegedly faking her academic credentials to land jobs at prestigious institutions of higher learning were reported by the South China Morning Post.
A check with the NUS website revealed that Professor Chen Chunhua, 58, is no longer listed and her profile appeared to have been removed.

In response to Mothership‘s queries, an NUS Business School spokesperson said: “We hold our faculty to the highest standards and are conducting a review of the adjunct faculty member’s credentials. The faculty member will not be teaching any modules pending our review.”

Why public fact-checked her​

Chen, who is from Peking University, a leading university in China, allegedly has a degree from a fake university in Europe and pretended to be a “military adviser” for tech firm Huawei.
Members of the public in China fact-checked her declared qualifications after Huawei issued a public statement denying Chen's claims of her ties to the company and its founder Ren Zhengfei.
This announcement kickstarted the intense public scrutiny a few weeks ago.

Huawei says it’s all fake​

“Huawei does not know her, and it is impossible for her to know Huawei,” the tech company said on July 6.
The company said it noticed “over 10,000 online articles”, with some referring to her as a “Huawei military adviser”, and even featuring Chen’s comments on the company.
It was even written that she met Ren.
Huawei called these articles “false information”.

Odd anecdote​

The oddest anecdote stemmed from Chen supposedly recalling an alleged meeting she had with Ren.
This anecdote appeared in one popular article written by Chen published in early 2017.
She even went as far as to claim that Ren, the Huawei founder, acted as her driver after he insisted on picking her up personally.
Chen responded with her own statement after the Huawei statement was released.
She claimed that most of the articles that mentioned her and Huawei were not written by her.
She also claimed that the company was just a case study for her work.

What public found​

The online sleuths who dug into Chen's background found that her doctoral degree was issued by an unlicensed university two decades ago.
The academic supposedly obtained a doctorate of business administration (DBA) from the European University of Ireland in 2001.
But the organisation has no website and is not one of 25 legitimate Irish universities the Chinese education ministry acknowledges.
The Irish Times reported in 2011 that the “university” operated without official approval from a Dublin address and had no office, according to SCMP.
In 2005, Chen went on to do postdoctoral research at Nanjing University, according to her own bio details.
She was even included in Fortune’s China’s 25 Most Influential Businesswomen Leaders list for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018.
Besides her stint at NUS, Chen is also dean of Beijing International MBA (BiMBA) Business School at Peking University, as well as a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Business Administration of the South China University of Technology.
The issue of academic fraud has frustrated people in China, as there is intense pressure to enter top schools, while examinations can be life-altering experiences.

 

[sweetiepie]

Sinkies fake cert = jail
Ft fake cert = barred
Smlj ?

 

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Tanglin Club president resigns following queries about his qualifications​

FRI, JUL 22, 2022
CORINNE KERK

Last week, members received a message from the club, founded in 1865, saying that club president, Yeoh En Lai, tendered his resignation on July 14, and that the committee accepted the resignation at a committee meeting on July 16.

THE president of Tanglin Club on Stevens Road has resigned from his post at the social club, The Business Times (BT) has learnt.

Last week, members received a message from the club, founded in 1865, saying that club president, Yeoh En Lai, tendered his resignation on Jul 14, and...

 

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Tanglin Club embroiled in saga involving ex-president's university qualifications​

Some members are calling for Mr Yeoh En Lai's term of presidency to be voided. PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN, YEOH EN LAI/FACEBOOK

Wong Shiying

JUL 28, 2022


SINGAPORE - Two weeks after the president of the Tanglin Club resigned amid questions about his university qualifications, the matter is still boiling over.
Some members are calling for Mr Yeoh En Lai's term of presidency to be voided and for the other candidate in the election for club president to be automatically instated.
Mr Yeoh, 48, meanwhile, has hired Senior Counsel Gregory Vijayendran to represent him, he told The Straits Times on Thursday (July 28).
Noting that the club will be conducting a disciplinary inquiry into this episode, Mr Yeoh said: "I will be truthful, transparent and cooperate fully with the process.
"To that end, I have also appointed legal counsel to advise me on this episode and the legal consequences of the same."
On May 30, Mr Yeoh was elected as president of the 157-year-old club, which counts some of Singapore's most prominent businessmen and professionals as members.
This was to have been Mr Yeoh's third and final term as president.

He beat the only other candidate, Mr Henry Ling, who had contested the elections to be president previously without success.
The club elects a new president yearly, and the president, vice-president and honorary treasurer can serve a maximum of three one-year terms.
The club's 4,000 life and ordinary members can vote in the elections.

On July 14, Mr Yeoh, a former journalist who went into banking and is now with a global bank, resigned as president.
He told ST that in his resignation letter, which he sent via e-mail, he explained to the general committee that he had "made mistakes, and attempted to mask over them", but did not elaborate further.
In his e-mail to them, he added that these were mistakes "from a quarter century ago but these are mistakes that have been resurfaced in the course of my tenure, and it is my belief that they will not go away".
He also said in the same e-mail that there had been police reports filed against him over the past few months and "tips" given to the media.
The matter centres on whether Mr Yeoh had graduated from the University of Melbourne.

ST understands that the events that led to Mr Yeoh's resignation began on May 12 when some concerns were raised with the club's general manager, Mr David Brightling.
Questions were raised about what Mr Yeoh had declared as his academic and professional qualifications in his nomination papers for the club's presidency elections in 2021 and 2022.
Checks by ST showed that in his 2021 form, Mr Yeoh had stated, among other things, "BA (Politics)", and "Yale School of Business (GFC Mgmt online)", under his academic or professional qualifications.
He did not identify the university he got his bachelor's degree from.
In his 2022 form, Mr Yeoh wrote "Bachelor of Arts (Political Science), Melbourne", and "Learning from the Global Financial Crisis (Yale School of Management)", among other things.
Mr Brightling later allegedly received soft copies of Mr Yeoh's credentials.
They purportedly showed Mr Yeoh has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Melbourne and a certificate from the Yale School of Management.
But further checks by a member and the club's general committee showed that he did not graduate from the University of Melbourne.
Mr Brightling made a police report on July 13 and Mr Yeoh resigned the next day.
The nature of the police report is unclear.

Up till recently, Mr Yeoh's LinkedIn profile stated only that he had graduated from St Paul's Institution in Seremban, Malaysia.
It was later updated to say he had studied in La Trobe University, which is in Melbourne, from 1994 to 1997.
ST asked Mr Yeoh why he had not named the specific university he got his bachelor's degree from in the 2021 and 2022 nomination papers.
He did not want to comment on this, saying that the matter was before his counsel.
But he said: "I have never misrepresented or misstated my credentials to any of my present or past employers and all background checks on me were cleared."
Following his resignation, three past presidents of the club - Mr Richard Eu, Mr Joseph Chew and Mr Sim Yong Chan - called for the May 30 election to be "treated as null and void" and for Mr Ling to be handed the role immediately.
In the wake of Mr Yeoh's resignation, club members have circulated messages to say they will argue for a no-confidence vote should Mr Ling be instated as president.
ST has approached Mr Ling and Mr Brightling for comment.

 

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PSLE was highest qualification of conman who faked certs, including first-class engineering degree from NUS​

Chin Ming Lik worked at each company for short periods of time between 2013 and 2017, and then moved on quickly to avoid suspicion. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

Fabian Koh

MAR 5, 2019

SINGAPORE - For four years, Chin Ming Lik used fake qualifications to get civil engineering jobs at 38 companies.
The 49-year-old worked at each company for short periods of time between 2013 and 2017, and then moved on quickly to avoid suspicion.
Among the documents he forged were a National University of Singapore (NUS) degree scroll, certificates from the Ministry of Manpower and Singapore Polytechnic, and a GCE A-level certificate.
On Tuesday (March 5), Chin, whose actual highest academic qualification is the Primary School Leaving Examination, was sentenced to two years and 11 months' jail, and fined $1,600 for his offences.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Pei Wei told the court that the ruse came to light on Dec 2, 2016, when an assistant manager at NUS' Registrar Office received an NUS degree scroll with Chin's name for verification.
As it did not match any of the records in the university's database, it was suspected to have been forged for employment application purposes, and the assistant manager lodged a police report.
Chin was placed on a police stop list to assist with investigations, and on April 23, 2017, was arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint.

He admitted during investigations to having forged multiple certificates for employment applications when he had not actually attended any of the courses.
These included an NUS First Class in Civil Engineering degree scroll and a Building Construction Supervisors Safety Course Certificate supposedly from the Ministry of Manpower, both of which he had forged in or before January 2014.
DPP Tan said: "He had heard that project managers in civil engineering drew good salaries and decided to forge the relevant certifications in order to obtain jobs in the field."

In his resume, Chin falsely said he had 16 years of experience and to have previously worked for construction companies in Singapore.
He managed to find jobs in which he earned up to $9,000 monthly.
About two weeks before his offences were discovered, he applied for a job as project manager with CHL Construction using the same forged documents.
He was offered the job, but turned it down, as he considered the monthly salary of $7,500 too low.
After his arrest, his apartment was searched, and the authorities found a forged GCE A-level certificate and Singapore Polytechnic Certificate of Attendance for a low-cost automation course.
He had found copies of both certificates, belonging to other people, in previous jobs. He photocopied them, overlaid slips of paper with his details over the relevant fields, and then photocopied the certificates again to produce the forged documents.
Chin also made a statutory declaration on Sept 9, 2015, to excuse his inability to provide original copies of the forged certificates submitted during job applications.
It stated that he had misplaced 10 original certificates when he moved house, a statement he knew to be false, said DPP Tan.
Other offences committed by Chin included not possessing a valid driving licence when he was stopped and arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint.
He held only a provisional driving licence, as he had been disqualified from driving since 1992, and was in the process of obtaining his licence again.
He also admitted having driven four different cars without a valid licence in the past 10 years.
In addition, he committed shop theft at a FairPrice outlet in Bedok North on Sept 19, 2017, while out on court bail for the forgery offences.
In sentencing, District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan said Chin had been previously sentenced to corrective training for other offences, but there had been "no rehabilitative effect". Therefore, he had to issue a sentence that serves as a deterrence.
Defence lawyer James Ow Yong said in mitigation that Chin was "deeply remorseful for his actions".
He added that Chin is the sole breadwinner of his family, which will bear the burden of his term of imprisonment.

 

[mojito]

PSLE was highest qualification of conman who faked certs, including first-class engineering degree from NUS​

Chin Ming Lik worked at each company for short periods of time between 2013 and 2017, and then moved on quickly to avoid suspicion. ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

Fabian Koh

MAR 5, 2019

SINGAPORE - For four years, Chin Ming Lik used fake qualifications to get civil engineering jobs at 38 companies.
The 49-year-old worked at each company for short periods of time between 2013 and 2017, and then moved on quickly to avoid suspicion.
Among the documents he forged were a National University of Singapore (NUS) degree scroll, certificates from the Ministry of Manpower and Singapore Polytechnic, and a GCE A-level certificate.
On Tuesday (March 5), Chin, whose actual highest academic qualification is the Primary School Leaving Examination, was sentenced to two years and 11 months' jail, and fined $1,600 for his offences.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Pei Wei told the court that the ruse came to light on Dec 2, 2016, when an assistant manager at NUS' Registrar Office received an NUS degree scroll with Chin's name for verification.
As it did not match any of the records in the university's database, it was suspected to have been forged for employment application purposes, and the assistant manager lodged a police report.
Chin was placed on a police stop list to assist with investigations, and on April 23, 2017, was arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint.

He admitted during investigations to having forged multiple certificates for employment applications when he had not actually attended any of the courses.
These included an NUS First Class in Civil Engineering degree scroll and a Building Construction Supervisors Safety Course Certificate supposedly from the Ministry of Manpower, both of which he had forged in or before January 2014.
DPP Tan said: "He had heard that project managers in civil engineering drew good salaries and decided to forge the relevant certifications in order to obtain jobs in the field."

In his resume, Chin falsely said he had 16 years of experience and to have previously worked for construction companies in Singapore.
He managed to find jobs in which he earned up to $9,000 monthly.
About two weeks before his offences were discovered, he applied for a job as project manager with CHL Construction using the same forged documents.
He was offered the job, but turned it down, as he considered the monthly salary of $7,500 too low.
After his arrest, his apartment was searched, and the authorities found a forged GCE A-level certificate and Singapore Polytechnic Certificate of Attendance for a low-cost automation course.
He had found copies of both certificates, belonging to other people, in previous jobs. He photocopied them, overlaid slips of paper with his details over the relevant fields, and then photocopied the certificates again to produce the forged documents.
Chin also made a statutory declaration on Sept 9, 2015, to excuse his inability to provide original copies of the forged certificates submitted during job applications.
It stated that he had misplaced 10 original certificates when he moved house, a statement he knew to be false, said DPP Tan.
Other offences committed by Chin included not possessing a valid driving licence when he was stopped and arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint.
He held only a provisional driving licence, as he had been disqualified from driving since 1992, and was in the process of obtaining his licence again.
He also admitted having driven four different cars without a valid licence in the past 10 years.
In addition, he committed shop theft at a FairPrice outlet in Bedok North on Sept 19, 2017, while out on court bail for the forgery offences.
In sentencing, District Judge Shaiffudin Saruwan said Chin had been previously sentenced to corrective training for other offences, but there had been "no rehabilitative effect". Therefore, he had to issue a sentence that serves as a deterrence.
Defence lawyer James Ow Yong said in mitigation that Chin was "deeply remorseful for his actions".
He added that Chin is the sole breadwinner of his family, which will bear the burden of his term of imprisonment.

Finally a sinkie! 1 out of 55 indeed Singaporeans commit more crimes.

 

[Loofydralb]

Hey dumb Sinkies should follow suit since zero repercussions

 

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Tanglin Club appoints new president after man who held post quit last month amid controversial claims​

Mr Chong Zhi Cheng won in a walkover at an election held during a special general meeting on Aug 22 at Tanglin Club. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

Wong Shiying

Aug 23, 2022

SINGAPORE - Tanglin Club has instated a new president after Mr Yeoh En Lai, who last held the post, resigned amid questions over his university qualifications.
Mr Chong Zhi Cheng, who served on the general committee while Mr Yeoh was president, won in a walkover at an election held during a special general meeting on Monday night (Aug 22) at the club.
Mr Henry Ling, who was the only other candidate in the May 30 election which Mr Yeoh won, had been expected to vie for the top spot.
But The Straits Times understands that he did not stand for the election on Monday because he believed it should not have been held.
The 157-year-old club, which counts some of Singapore's most prominent businessmen and professionals as members, elects a new president yearly.
The president, vice-president and honorary treasurer can serve a maximum of three one-year terms.
The club's 4,000 life and ordinary members can vote in the elections. This year was to have been Mr Yeoh's last one-year term as president.

The need for the election arose after the 48-year-old left the post on July 14 amid controversy over the academic credentials listed in his nomination papersfor the 2021 and 2022 elections.
He did not identify the university he received his bachelor's degree from in both forms.
The club's general manager, Mr David Brightling later allegedly received soft copies of certificates which purportedly belonged to Mr Yeoh.

They showed Mr Yeoh's name on a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Melbourne certificate and one from the Yale School of Management.
But further checks by a member and the club's general committee showed that he did not graduate from the University of Melbourne.
Mr Yeoh's LinkedIn profile stated he had studied in La Trobe University, which is in Melbourne, from 1994 to 1997.
On July 13, Mr Brightling made a police report and Mr Yeoh resigned the next day.
The nature of the police report is unclear but Mr Yeoh had said earlier that he will be transparent with the club when it conducts a disciplinary inquiry into the episode.

Some members are calling for Mr Yeoh En Lai's term of presidency to be voided. PHOTOS: YEOH EN LAI/INSTAGRAM, ALPHONSUS CHERN
Mr Chong was part of the club's general committee, serving as its Convenor for Membership and Rules and Co-Convenor for Sports, before he became president.
According to his LinkedIn profile, he has been the managing director of safety equipment distributor BIS International since April 2011.
He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2006, majoring in Economics.
Club members who attended the special general meeting on Monday said about 30 members were physically present while about 50 others tuned in virtually.
The meeting was not open to the media.
They noted that Mr Chong had made a speech saying he will focus on "governance" and one of his top objectives is to "unite the membership".

Although a new president has been appointed, the saga appears far from over, members told ST.
On Aug 16, three past presidents of the club held a press conference calling for the club's general committee to apply to the High Court to decide whether a special general meeting should be held in the first place.
The three past presidents of the club - Mr Richard Eu, Mr Joseph Chew and Mr Sim Yong Chan - had last month also called for the May 30 election to be "treated as null and void" and for Mr Ling to be handed the role immediately.
At the press conference, the men said club members had expressed unhappiness over the calling of the special general meeting and the election, which eventually saw Mr Chong instated as president.
Mr Eu said there were three possibilities that could take place following Mr Yeoh's resignation - to hold an election to elect a new president, have Mr Ling take the position, or have the club's vice-president fill the vacancy.
ST has reached out to the club's general manager Mr Brightling for comment on Mr Yeoh's case.

 

[Leckmichamarsch]

Quote: "In the last five years, an average of 660 foreigners were permanently barred each year from working in Singapore because they had submitted fake educational qualifications in their work pass applications. Over the same period, an average of eight foreigners each year were convicted and penalised for false declarations of educational qualifications."

660 caught, that is more than 2 cases every working day.
These are only the ones that were caught.
Which means that the number applying for EP/WP using fake educational qualifications are higher, with many of them not being caught.
And only 8 foreigners were prosecuted and convicted.
The conviction rate is only 1.2%. The odds are in the cheater's favour.
If you are a foreign worker, would you try your luck and cheat?


MOM probing 15 work pass holders for links to Indian university fake degree scandal

The Indian university in the state of Himachal Pradesh had sold 36,000 fake degrees over 11 years.
PHOTO: MANAV BHARTI UNIVERSITY/FACEBOOK
Wong Shiying and Aw Cheng Wei

18 FEB 2021

SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Manpower is investigating 15 work pass holders working here who had declared qualifications from Manav Bharti University in their work pass applications.

The Indian university in the state of Himachal Pradesh had sold 36,000 fake degrees over 11 years, the Times of India (TOI) reported earlier this month.

Of the 41,000 degrees issued by the university, only 5,000 are genuine so far, a special investigating team in India has found.

MOM said on Wednesday (Feb 17) that if the work pass holders were found to have falsely declared their educational qualifications, their work passes will be immediately revoked and they will be permanently barred from employment in Singapore.

"We may also prosecute them under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The offence carries a fine of up to $20,000, up to two years' imprisonment or both," said the ministry.

In the last five years, an average of 660 foreigners were permanently barred each year from working in Singapore because they had submitted fake educational qualifications in their work pass applications.

Over the same period, an average of eight foreigners each year were convicted and penalised for false declarations of educational qualifications.

MOM noted that employers have the primary responsibility of ensuring the authenticity of academic qualifications of the foreigners they wish to hire.

This means that employers should have evaluated the candidate, including his qualifications, to ensure that he has the right skills and qualifications needed, said the ministry.

MOM said it also conducts its own checks after the employer submits the academic documents, as an additional safeguard.

Singapore Human Resources Institute president Erman Tan told The Straits Times that companies can do more stringent checks on their prospective employees, but they may not have sufficient resources to conduct thorough due diligence.

"This is especially so when companies are rushing to fill out positions," he said, adding that incidences of fake credentials tend to occur more frequently among lower level executives than those in higher offices.

One layer of checks can be if workers who suspect that their new colleagues are unqualified for their positions report this to their superiors, Mr Tan said.

Universities can also help by publishing the names of their graduates online, he added.

According to TOI, the police in India have initiated the process to extradite the chairman of the Manav Bharti Charitable Trust - Raj Kumar Rana - from Australia.

The trust operates private universities, including Manav Bharti University, in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan in India.

The Indian authorities estimated that the trust chairman and his family had amassed property worth 3.87 billion rupees (S$71 million) from the proceeds of the racket.

fakers soon return w new passport n names

 

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Yu was later told that a degree certificate had to be submitted as part of his Employment Pass application. He agreed to getting a false certificate to show that he had graduated from The Chubb Institute (Westbury) in the United States with a bachelor’s degree in business management.

He paid US$10,000 (S$14,000) for the fake certificate.

Chinese national who gave false info in Employment Pass application jailed 7 weeks​

Yu Huajie pleaded guilty to two charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Samuel Devaraj

Oct 27, 2022

SINGAPORE - Yu Huajie invested $1 million in a company in Singapore as he had hoped to eventually become a permanent resident (PR) so that he could set up companies and his children could live and study here.
In 2018, the Chinese national gave false information, including the company that he would be working at in Singapore, to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in his Employment Pass application.
The 37-year-old was given seven weeks’ jail on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to two charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.
MOM prosecuting officer Samuel Chua said in court documents that Yu believed an Employment Pass would help him gain permanent residency here.
While in China, he made enquiries on how he could settle down and legitimise his stay in Singapore, and approached a man who told him he could get an Employment Pass by investing $1 million in a company in Singapore.
Yu transferred the money to the man and also submitted, or caused the transfer of, his biodata, including a copy of his passport, to a Ms Wang Jue, the director of Hai Sin International, which purportedly helps clients buy over, invest in or start a business in Singapore.
Hai Sin had launched advertising campaigns in China on investing in Singapore.


MOM’s Mr Chua said Yu knew that his Employment Pass would be applied under a company called Gashubin Engineering and his mllion-dollar investment would be for that company.
He also knew that he would be paid $10,000 per month as “monthly salary”, on top of any future potential investment returns and that he would not need to work for or on behalf of Gashubin.
Yu was later told that a degree certificate had to be submitted as part of his Employment Pass application. He agreed to getting a false certificate to show that he had graduated from The Chubb Institute (Westbury) in the United States with a bachelor’s degree in business management.

He paid US$10,000 (S$14,000) for the fake certificate.
Yu applied for his Employment Pass on Dec 14, 2018 saying he would be working Gashubin Engineering as a regional marketing manager, and on Feb 15, 2019, falsely declared to the controller of work passes in MOM that he would be working for the company and that he was a business management graduate of The Chubb Institute (Westbury).
Based on the declared information, MOM approved his application for an Employment Pass.

While in Singapore, Yu received between $5,000 and $10,000 per month from Gashubin as “salary” from Feb 15, 2019, to March 16, 2021, but was never employed by the company.
On March 16, 2021, an MOM employment inspector carried out investigations upon receiving information on possible contravention of laws relating to the employment of foreigners.
Investigations revealed that some time in early to mid-2018, Ms Wang told the director of Gashubin that she could secure foreign investors for the company, provided that it applied for Employment Passes for these foreign investors to validate their stay in Singapore.
Ms Wang and the director agreed that these foreigners would only invest financially in Gashubin and would not need to work for or on its behalf.
Dr David Leong, managing director of human resource company PeopleWorldwide Consulting, told The Straits Times on Thursday that some PR applicants may exaggerate or present fake documents to improve their chances of approval and that maintaining rigour against fraudulent applications is crucial to attracting the best talents and capital.