Monday, July 16, 2007
Fake-degree plot alleged at Touro college
Teachers, students and administrators tampered with a private college‘s computer system to change grades and create fake degrees for money, prosecutors charged Monday. Among the fake degrees given were those for physicians‘ assistants, they said.
Those indicted include Touro College‘s former director of admissions, the former director of the school‘s computer center, three former Touro students and three public school teachers, Manhattan prosecutors said.
Records found in the home of Andrique Baron, a former admissions director at Touro‘s campus in Manhattan, showed he was running the scheme as early as 2003 and possibly earlier, Morgenthau said.
Baron‘s main accomplice was Michael Cherner, former director of the computer center at the school‘s Brooklyn campus, Morgenthau said.
Money was collected from the teachers by a bagman identified in Baron‘s cell phone by the nickname Jimmy Bag, the district attorney said.
The scheme was "confined to what appears to have been a betrayal of trust by persons with responsibility for the integrity of the record-keeping," she said.
Lawyers for Baron and Cherner did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment Monday.
Six of the 10 defendants were arrested at various times from March to July on charges of computer trespass, computer tampering and falsifying business records. Baron, Cherner and the bag man also were charged with bribe receiving. All the charges are punishable by up to four years in prison.
http://www.onelocalnews.com/pioneertimesjournal/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=133707
Teachers, students and administrators tampered with a private college‘s computer system to change grades and create fake degrees for money, prosecutors charged Monday. Among the fake degrees given were those for physicians‘ assistants, they said.
Those indicted include Touro College‘s former director of admissions, the former director of the school‘s computer center, three former Touro students and three public school teachers, Manhattan prosecutors said.
Records found in the home of Andrique Baron, a former admissions director at Touro‘s campus in Manhattan, showed he was running the scheme as early as 2003 and possibly earlier, Morgenthau said.
Baron‘s main accomplice was Michael Cherner, former director of the computer center at the school‘s Brooklyn campus, Morgenthau said.
Money was collected from the teachers by a bagman identified in Baron‘s cell phone by the nickname Jimmy Bag, the district attorney said.
The scheme was "confined to what appears to have been a betrayal of trust by persons with responsibility for the integrity of the record-keeping," she said.
Lawyers for Baron and Cherner did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment Monday.
Six of the 10 defendants were arrested at various times from March to July on charges of computer trespass, computer tampering and falsifying business records. Baron, Cherner and the bag man also were charged with bribe receiving. All the charges are punishable by up to four years in prison.
http://www.onelocalnews.com/pioneertimesjournal/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=133707
Comments:
I use to work there years ago. They should check into the Financial Aid / Compliance Director she was also a part of the scheme.
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: July 17, 2007 9:57 AM
: July 17, 2007 9:57 AM
I wonder how many people have received the wrong treatment at the hands of someone who got one those bogus physician's assistant degrees?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : July 17, 2007 2:19 PM
: July 17, 2007 2:19 PM
Wow...what a Chillul Hashem...The whole world knows that it is a Jewish College and for this to happen..What a shame...
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : July 19, 2007 6:22 PM
: July 19, 2007 6:22 PM
Touro is not a Jewish collee-there is no such thing as a Jewish college. Touro is a buissiness. They rip you off, charge 7000$ a semester and give you nothing.I am a touro student and i am stuck there because noone wasnts there credits and im almost done, but who knows if after 3 years and tens of thousands of dollars ill even have a legit. degree.
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