Company faces lawsuit

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Company Faces Lawsuit
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• Advanced workplace screening services are
  reporting a sharp increase in the use of
  counterfeit GCSE and A-level certificates .
• An Oxfordshire based certificate replacement
  company, Replacement-Certificates.co.uk is facing
  a lawsuit by qualifications and examinations
  regulator Ofqual.

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• Ofqual have accused the printing firm of
  copyright infringement and fuelling CV fraud.
• But a spokesman for Replacement-Certificates.co.uk
  says the 100 identical replacement certificates
  are within legal boundaries as they are sold as
  novelty products.

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University fees

• "It's another example of universities turning
  into businesses. With increasing fees and a
  record high number of applicants, however not all
  graduates will get the job they feel they
  deserve, hence they will begin taking shortcuts"
  says Edward Hallam, spokesman for the printing
  firm explaining the increase in demand for their
  services.

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• The rise in students buying certificates, he
  claims, reflects the number of students studying
  in the UK with "very poor written and verbal
  skills with a very competitive job market".

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• As such they seek help from certificate printing
  services, he says, with some students buying
  amended certificates throughout their time in UK
  universities.

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CV fraud

• In 2014, 63 of all the confirmed employment
  frauds reported to Cifas, the UK's fraud
  prevention service, involved people lying about
  their education, former employment or
  qualifications.

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• This has serious consequences for employees and
  employers alike. But checking the veracity of all
  claims made on CVs is time-consuming, costly and
  difficult.

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Digital Proof

• There are piecemeal tools that help with some
  qualifications, but no over-arching system.
• For instance, in the UK many universities
  subscribe to the Higher Education Degree
  Datacheck system that logs who got what at which
  university. It can also help unmask bogus
  universities and colleges.

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• Beyond that, firms have to interrogate search
  engines and social networks to test people's CV
  claims.
• Accused Oliver Shaw, MD of the printing firm
  maintained at the trial that there was
  insufficient evidence proving intent to defraud
  employers.

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• If the case continues it will hear testimony from
  Pearson Edexcel and the Qualifications and
  Curriculum Authority.

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