Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) for supplying fake academic certificates on the Internet. CIB officials said yesterday they found last April a certain person had been soliciting customers for academic documents like certificates, graduation diplomas, and other credentials via free advertisements on some Web sites.
Following several months of probe, they pinned down Chen Chien-ang, 53, living in Taipei County. A search of his residence Tuesday evening uncovered forged diplomas bearing the names of local universities, semifinished documents, a computer and a scanner plus chops as evidence.
Chen admitted that he worked as an engineering contractor after dropping out of high school. But his operations have gone downhill in recent years due to worsening business conditions.
After finding that many people are unable to find jobs due to the lack of decent academic credentials, he started offering the counterfeit documents by charging NT$5,000 to NT$15,000 each depending on the types of the diplomas.
After receiving orders through e-mail, Chen said, he would show the finished documents to buyers and then collect the fee.
He told CIB officials that he has so far sold 55 bogus academic documents totaling more than NT$500,000.
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