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By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology In England, a pay to stay scheme is a social housing program that controls rent for lower wage earners. In the US however, it is a fraud scam and occurs when owners of schools and universities entice hundreds of foreign nationals to obtain fraudulent immigration documents […]

Silicon Money in Education

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By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Today, NY Times continues its piece on Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America’s Schools. The dangers of super-sized donor influence in education have often been overlooked by federal and state regulators as it is believed that the benefits to society seem to outweigh the costs. However, Ms. […]

Cyber scammers target schools

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By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Schools and universities are increasingly falling victim to fraud. In England, office receptionists answered calls from individuals asking for emails and phone numbers of administrators responsible for making key decisions. These scammers made the calls under the pretext that the contact information was needed by the […]

Fake English language exams

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By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology The Immigration Chief for New Zealand asked 18 education service providers to provide detailed explanations for the 30% refusal rate for their foreign Indian student visa applications. Flags were raised after whistleblowers in a related case divulged that staff was directed by school management to prepare […]

Educator Fraud Prism

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| Fraud in Education

The Educator Fraud Prism and The Conditions Which Make it So © By: Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed ______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: States have been under intense pressure to develop initiatives to detect, deter and investigate educator fraud in response to cries of orchestrated educator cheating on statewide assessments. (Bello, Marislo, & Toppol, 2011). In spite of […]

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