Hundreds Linked to Diploma Mill

This from the Washington Post:

Government, Military Probed For Violators

Scores of people in Maryland, Virginia and the District are on a list compiled by federal investigators of more than 9,600 people who might have purchased fraudulent high school diplomas and college degrees, including some who appear to work in government and the military.

Federal authorities are studying the list for U.S. employees who might have purchased a diploma or degree from an Internet-based diploma mill that operated out of Washington state, said Brandon A. Montgomery, spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Matched names will be sent to the agencies where the person works for possible administrative action, he said.

Names on the list might include some people who only inquired about purchasing a degree. The list includes at least 160 people in Virginia, 117 in Maryland and 17 in the District. At least 20 of those appear to be military personnel, and at least 10 appear to be government employees or contractors. Of 9,612 names listed, 5,212 are without state identification.

"Literally you could have someone using a diploma in an extremely harmful way if they are not properly trained," said Kristen Nelson, director of communications and
government relations for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, where the state legislature this year passed a law making it illegal to fraudulently use a phony degree.

The Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper obtained the list and posted it on its Web site on Monday...

Some Kentucky names on the list:

Acree, Delores Irene KY United States AA
Adkins, Willard Bryan KY United States BS
Andel, Betty G KY United States BA
Aubrey, Charles KY United States
Birch, William R KY United States MA
Carnes, Karen A KY United States PhD
Cox, Casey Crandall KY United States
Cundiff, Dennis Ray KY United States HS Mission High School
DeWeese, Whitney KY United States HS
Duty, Scott Allen KY United States BS
Etherton, Kenneth Mack KY United States BA Holmes University
Ewards, Robert L KY United States MA
Fontaine, Rick J KY United States MBA
Fraley, Laura KY United States BBA St. Regis University
Frederick, Brenda S KY United States BBA Holmes University
Gibson, James Earl KY United States HS Trinity
Gifford, Heath KY United States HS
Hale, Chris Henry KY United States PhD James Monroe University
Hanson, Timothy V KY United States PhD
Harris, James Edwin KY United States MA
Harris, Timothy Mark KY United States PhD
Howard, Henry Lee KY United States BA
Huffstutter, Roxanne KY United States HS Liberty High School
Itson, James Earl KY United States BS
Kawadri, Mayssa KY United States AA
Knowlton, Stewart Hood KY United States BA St. Regis University
Krassi, Hashim A KY United States
McCall, Alex David KY United States BS
Miller, Donna M KY United States HS Mission High School
Mount, Joshua S. KY United States HS
Murphy, Kevin KY United States
Phillips, John T (Jr.) KY United States MBA Holmes University
Phillips, Susan G. KY United States
Powers, Daniel Lyn KY United States HS
Rodriguez, Ruben KY United States HS Mission High School
Sands, Michael H. KY United States BS
Seay, Shelia F. KY United States HS Monroe University High School
Smith, Charlie Gordon KY United States BS InTech University of Engineering & Science
Smith, Gary R. KY United States BS
Stokes, Ronald W KY United States MA St. Lourdes Graduate Institute
Stokes_, Ronald W KY United States
Thomas, Bradley KY United States HS
Thomas, Kyong KY United States HS
Thurman, Linda KY United States BA
Tilley, James KY United States HS Liberty High School
Tuttle, Michael Maas KY United States BS
Wilson, Cynthia E KY United States BS
York, Kenneth C KY United States
Young, Barrett L KY United States MBA St. Regis University