A foreign national has been sentenced to six months in prison and permanent deportation after being convicted of using a forged university degree to obtain employment as a teacher.
The Lower Criminal Court issued the ruling following a case brought by the Public Prosecution after an investigation established that the academic qualification submitted by the defendant was fake.
According to the Cybercrime Prosecution deputy head, the case began when the Public Prosecution received a report from the Education Ministry after a forged university degree was discovered during routine verification procedures.
The ministry said that the defendant had submitted the academic certificate to a private school as part of his employment application and that it was also presented to the competent authorities responsible for verifying and accrediting educational qualifications.
The forged document was detected during the ministry’s authentication process.
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