MCC warns NEET UG 2026 candidates that notice claiming lower cut-off percentile is fake
The Medical Counselling Committee said no decision to reduce qualifying percentiles has been taken and that mcc.nic.in is its only website.
15 October 2026
EFC News Desk
Latest reported cases of education fraud in India and abroad: fake degrees, degree mills, certificate rackets, immigration document fraud, regulator action and RTI-based disclosures. Each report links to its sources.
Centre to form Agriculture Council to curb unregulated private agri colleges and 'fake degrees', says Chouhan
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said degree-selling operations will not be allowed and that B.Sc. and M.Sc. agriculture degrees must carry proper standards.
15 October 2026
About 400 BSF tradesmen dismissed over skill certificates that NSDC says it never issued
Constables recruited as cooks, water carriers and waiters lost their jobs after their NSQF Level-1 certificates were found invalid; RTI replies cited by veterans say no such certificates were generated for 2015 to 2023.
15 October 2026
Chennai police arrest six over alleged decade-old racket in fake government seals and college certificates
Ennore police say a group operating from a Wimco Nagar office allegedly produced forged documents, including degree certificates bearing the names of medical and arts colleges, for about 10 years.
15 October 2026
New Zealand study visa refusals for India and Bangladesh nearly double as officials cite document fraud
Immigration New Zealand declined 39% of Indian and 70% of Bangladeshi study visa applications between July and September 2026, saying it is seeing more sophisticated fraud, including altered and reused documents.
15 October 2026
Indore orders FIRs against about 50 government teachers over alleged fake D.Ed and B.Ed degrees
The district education office in Indore has directed that criminal cases be registered against teachers in Sanwer block who allegedly secured jobs nearly two decades ago using forged teacher-training qualifications.
14 October 2026
Chhattisgarh High Court rejects railway loco pilot's plea in fake ITI mark sheet case
A division bench upheld the tribunal's refusal to interfere with the railways' move to enhance a penalty on a goods-train loco pilot accused of joining service with a forged ITI electrician mark sheet.
14 October 2026
Pune university warns students against admission to Synergy School of Commerce
Savitribai Phule Pune University has issued a public notice advising students not to enrol at the college for 2026-27, after an inquiry found it was not operating at its registered address and lacked affiliation.
14 October 2026
Nigeria: ex-minister facing certificate forgery charges cleared for Enugu governorship race
Nigeria's electoral commission has listed former science minister Geoffrey Nnaji as a governorship candidate on the strength of his school-leaving results, while he stands trial on charges linked to an allegedly forged university degree.
14 October 2026
Sri Lanka's CERT warns of fake foreign university admission and visa offers on social media
Sri Lanka's national computer emergency team has alerted the public to social media advertisements that pose as overseas universities and promise admission, visas and work permits in exchange for upfront fees.
14 October 2026
Pakistan: FIA arrests suspect in Rs9.3 million fake US scholarship and admission documents case
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency says a student's family was given fabricated US university offer letters, scholarship awards and fee receipts. The case has drawn intervention from the prime minister.
13 October 2026
Maharashtra medical council registration fraud: cyber police arrest Nashik man accused of supplying fake FMGE documents
Investigators say foreign medical graduates who had not cleared the mandatory screening test allegedly paid Rs 20-25 lakh each to obtain registration with the help of forged scorecards and certificates.
13 October 2026
Madhya Pradesh: former block medical officer in Balaghat booked for allegedly serving 15 years on a forged MBBS degree
Police in Birsa have registered an FIR against a former Block Medical Officer after a state-level inquiry found that his MBBS credentials allegedly matched those of another government doctor in Dewas, whose degree was genuine.
13 October 2026
Supreme Court directs UGC and regulators to warn public against fake institutions after Etah 'medical college' case
Acting on a report about a purported medical college run from a farmhouse in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, the Supreme Court has ordered the UGC and all regulators to issue public advisories urging people to verify institutions before seeking admission.
13 October 2026
Delhi Police bust fake disability certificate racket in Delhi University admissions; nine arrested
Police say an inter-state syndicate produced counterfeit Persons with Disabilities certificates to secure reserved-category seats. Twenty-seven forged certificates were recovered.
12 October 2026
US Labor Department probes nine universities, including Harvard and MIT, over J-1 visa use
Subpoenas have been issued over alleged misuse of the exchange-visitor visa to hire foreign postdoctoral researchers. The universities say they comply with visa rules.
12 October 2026
Philippines: CHED closes 26 teacher education programmes in crackdown on 'diploma mills'
The regulator says programmes that failed quality monitoring are being shut, after a congressional commission found 177 teacher colleges with zero licensure pass rates over a decade.
12 October 2026
Colombia's culture minister acknowledges she never received master's degree; university corrects its record
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana said it had published incorrect information about Paola Holguín's qualifications. She says she completed the coursework and thesis but did not graduate.
12 October 2026
Australia's high-risk rating for Indian student visas: what applicants must now prove
Since January 2026, India sits in Australia's highest-risk student visa category, with concerns about fraudulent academic and financial documents cited as a key reason.
12 October 2026