Public Prosecution has not received new cases of fake degrees

Manama, Aug.20 (BNA): The Public Prosecution said that it has not received, to date, any new notifications regarding the issue of fake academic degrees. “The Ministry of Education referred to the Public Prosecution, five years ago, the case of a private university which forged official documents”, said Acting Attorney General, Head of the Public Prosecutor’s Technical Office, Ahmed Al-Qurashi. He made the statement today in response to a report published in a local newspaper under the title “Ministry of Education refers qualifications fakers to the Public Prosecution”. The court then convicted the private university of tampering with the accreditation certificates issued by the Higher Education Council, faking the students’ grades and using forged documents. Al-Qurashi said that the Public Prosecution would deal with any new cases of fake degrees, take legal action against suspects and refer them to stand criminal trial.