The first feline graduate: illegal spam operators award diploma to cat.Colby Nolan Colby Nolan is a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 by Trinity Southern University, a Dallas, Texas-based diploma mill, sparking a fraud lawsuit by the Pennsylvania attorney general's office.[1] Colby Nolan belongs to a deputy attorney general. must be pretty smart. After all, he was recently awarded a $399 executive MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration degree from Trinity Southern University, an alleged online college. An official-looking diploma featuring signatures of the university's president and dean was also sent, along with a transcript that stated Colby had a 3.5 GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted . The transcript was an extra $99. Yes, Nolan was a decoy DECOY. A pond used for the breeding and maintenance of water-fowl. 11 Mod. 74, 130; S. C. 3 Salk. 9; Holt, 14 11 East, 571. in an investigation conducted by Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert designed to expose brothers Craig Barton Poe and Alton Scott Poe's scheme to promote and sell bogus online academic degrees. Investigators report that since last January, the defendants transmitted more than 18,000 illegal e-mail messages and allegedly stole IP addresses from more than 60 Pennsylvania businesses and state Senate to promote and sell online degrees. Pappert has filed a lawsuit against the defendants and has asked the court to force the defendants to forfeit their right to conduct business in Pennsylvania. |
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