04-07-2010, 02:51 PM
Quote:Criminal Charges for UIUC Physics Prof George Gollin?
Neither the office of the Illinois attorney general nor the US Attorney’s office is commenting yet on whether criminal charges will be brought against U of Illinois physics professor George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) for his role in a Liberian shakedown scandal.
A civil complaint filed in a Los Angeles federal court on March 11, 2010, alleges that George Gollin was a key component of an extortion scheme that targeted a small Liberian medical school. St. Luke School of Medicine brought medical help to the poor and sick in war-ravaged Liberia. The school’s graduates passed their medical boards at an impressive 88% rate overall.
But according to court documents, when St. Luke refused to pay a $6,000 a month bribe demanded by corrupt Liberian officials, George Gollin falsely branded the school an illegal “diploma mill” to force payment.
George Gollin is a physics professor who, without any formal training or experience, began promoting himself as an “expert” in accreditation. George Gollin’s own resume describes him as a “consultant” to the rebels who controlled the Liberian government.
St. Luke already has obtained a $120 million judgment against some of the defendants in a court in the neighboring country of Ghana, but alleges that corrupt Liberian officials have prevented them from collecting on it so far. Legal experts agree that defendants George Gollin and the University of Illinois could be at risk for that amount or more.
University officials would not comment on whether they are contemplating terminating George Gollin’s employment to reduce future risk to taxpayers for his reckless and irresponsible conduct.
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