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Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Armando Ramos - 06-21-2008 Trial that could out feds alleged to have bogus degrees delayed Now that there will be no trial, will we ever learn the identity of the 135 feds who bought SRU degrees? RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Ben Johnson - 06-22-2008 Armando Ramos Wrote:Trial that could out feds alleged to have bogus degrees delayed The US attorneys must have been relieved when the case ended without trial. We probably would have found that Liberia did accredit St. Regis and the US government was responsible for Liberia withdrawing accreditation, laying the way for charges. It sure is lucky that the Secret Service and the FBI had all the real crimes solved so they had time to put so much effort into the St. Regis case. I'm sure if the defendants were not old and severely ill they would have considered fighting the case to the end. But they settled because the crime was minor and there is little liklihood of a tough sentence. If they lock Steve in jail, they better have the best standard of heart disease care readily available or Dixie could still end up a millionaire. RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Herbert Spencer - 07-01-2008 Armando Ramos Wrote:Now that there will be no trial, will we ever learn the identity of the 135 feds who bought SRU degrees? Looks like the total is actually 350, according to this article. (Another nice round number. You don't suppose these "journalists" make 'em up?) BTW, according to the article Dixie gets sentenced this Wednesday (7-2). I'm not a big fan of diploma mills, but I am a big fan of justice. Let's hope she gets a judge with some common sense. Considering this was a thoroughly trumped up charge to begin with (this was, at worst, an FTC action where a cease & desist would have been appropriate, except even the FTC wasn't interested), jail time seems absurd. If Pellar got 8 months on 9 counts, logic suggests a lot less for only one count. Also add the fact that, unlike Pellar, Dixie doesn't have any previous convictions for attempted murder or fraud. What's the over-and-under for actual jail time? If it's 30 days, I'd still take the under. RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Little Arminius - 07-01-2008 My prediction for Dixie's sentence: time served (amount of time in custody until she bonded out) 6 months home confinement w/ electronic monitoring 36 months supervised release (under the supervision of a U.S. Probation & Parole officer) some type of fine court costs + cost of electronic monitoring RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Don Dresden - 07-02-2008 Little Arminius Wrote:My prediction for Dixie's sentence: Here's the sentence the marshal with the SRU degree got today (July 1), from another judge: Quote:A former supervisor for the U.S. Marshals Service was sentenced today for lying on a federal job promotion application after buying a phony college degree from a Spokane-based diploma mill. Deputy marshal sentenced for lying Nice fish hack writing. Presumably he meant that Judge Coughenour ordered Brodhagen to complete 80 hours of community service, not that he was ordered to visit with the judge for 80 hours. But since visiting with the judges and clerks is pretty much all deputy marshals do to earn their $96,292 anyway, maybe not. Since Dixie isn't pals with any judges, can she still expect the same kind of light sentence? Since Dixie never defrauded or damaged anyone, how can she "accept responsibility" for anything? RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Ben Johnson - 07-06-2008 Don Dresden Wrote:Since Dixie never defrauded or damaged anyone, how can she "accept responsibility" for anything? I would guess the complainants that eventually did surface were federal civil servants who were given the choice to complain or lose their job. It must be nice to have the authority to force someone to file a false complaint in order to keep their livlihood. What a country! RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Herbert Spencer - 07-06-2008 Ben Johnson Wrote:I would guess the complainants that eventually did surface were federal civil servants who were given the choice to complain or lose their job. This from investigator Brian Breen's declaration: Quote:However, it should be noted that the government conducted national advertising to search for the "victims" of these defendants. The government implemented a toll free number and requested that any persons who felt that they were victimized call. Of the thousands of alleged degreeholders, the government received approximately only l8 calls. The majority of these calls were the result of the government specifically and individually contacting "victims" or the owners of affiliate schools and instructing them to call or have their clients call the l-800 number. http://www.dltruth.com/attachment.php?aid=45 RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Armando Ramos - 07-08-2008 Diploma mill names will be kept secret Quote:Diploma mill names will be kept secret RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - ham - 07-08-2008 Quote:Court hearings in the Spokane case disclosed that at least one of the purchasers worked in the White House and dozens of others were Department of Defense employees. One Army enlisted man became an officer and went off to lead soldiers in Iraq with one of the Spokane degrees, according to court testimony and documents. what was George doing? and big brother? RE: Who Are The 135 Feds w/SRU Diplomas? - Ben Johnson - 07-08-2008 Quote:Court hearings in the Spokane case disclosed that at least one of the purchasers worked in the White House and dozens of others were Department of Defense employees. One Army enlisted man became an officer and went off to lead soldiers in Iraq with one of the Spokane degrees, according to court testimony and documents. [/quote] I've known dozens of officers without university degrees who led men in war. They whipped the Nazis. |