October 2017 – Shared Knowledge LLC

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Just today, I posted an article about a Nigerian living in St. Louis who attempted to obtain $12 million in fraudulent tax returns based upon private information stolen from the payroll records of public school employees after being deported in 1995 and re-entering the US […]

School data breach and tax fraud

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| Cyber Security, National Security

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Once again, it looks like criminals have found a treasure trove in unsecured data maintained by schools. The victims? This time it was not the students’ confidential information that was stolen, rather the personal private information of staff and employees. As discussed here, the exploitation […]

State fraud of education funds

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| Data Forensics, Fraud in Education

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Perhaps the reform, re-organization and right-sizing of the federal education bureaucracy has its benefits. For instance, the Office of State Support under the federal U.S. Department of Education was created in 2014 based upon the merger of disparate technical assistance programs to support Title I […]

Prof says Cheat don’t get caught

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| Fraud in Education, Morality, School Violence

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology Professors promoting unethical, fraudulent and even criminal behavior? Yes, you read it right. Sam Hoisington’s article appearing in the Chronicle of Higher Education surveyed a few professors willing to discuss anonymously their personal acts of cheating while students. They also divulged whether they tolerate cheating and […]

Grade inflation and fraud

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| Data Forensics, Ethics and Corruption, Fraud in Education

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology Is grade inflation in colleges and universities symptomatic of fraud? Maybe. According to the dictionary, grade inflation represents the “the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school’s academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.” (See Dictionary) How might […]

College tech cheats and social media

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| Cyber Security, Fraud in Education, Test Security

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology Apple phones are not the only electronic devices used by fraudsters to cheat the education and standardized exam industry. Journalists in Bangladesh, India reported of criminal gangs utilizing pre- programmed wireless SIM cards connected to a wireless network positioned external to the exam center. An earphone […]

Shared Knowledge LLC

Month: October 2017

$775K hacked from university

School data breach and tax fraud

State fraud of education funds

Prof says Cheat don’t get caught

Grade inflation and fraud

College tech cheats and social media