Man paid $15,000 to forge degree certificate

A 28-year-old man has been jailed for three years after the High Criminal Court found him guilty of forging a bachelor’s degree certificate obtained by paying $15,000.

According to court files, the Bahraini man was studying in a Malaysian university but he was dismissed after one year for failing to comply with the attendance rules. Therefore, he allegedly took the short-cut by contacting counterfeiters.

And he was asked to pay a huge sum and was ensured that the fake certificate would go unnoticed. However, the Accreditation of Abroad Qualifications Department at the Ministry of Education discovered the misconduct after the man decided to equalise the certificate.

“I attended the university for one year but I was kicked out because of my absence. Then I decided to get a fake certificate and I searched online. “I found a counterfeiting group and they asked me to pay $15,000. I gave the amount and received the certificate,” he told Prosecutors.