SPOKANE, Wash. — The
leader of a diploma mill that sold more than 10,000 fake high school
and college degrees around the world has been sentenced to three years
in federal prison.
Dixie Ellen Randock, 58, sold counterfeit degrees and transcripts from phony and from legitimate universities.
To make her operation appear legitimate, Randock funneled cash
bribes to at least one Liberian Embassy worker, getting the Liberian
Board of Education to accredit her universities.
On Wednesday she was ordered to report to a federal penitentiary.
When she is done serving time, she'll be on three years of supervised
release that will allow parole officers to monitor her computer,
business and financial activity."