The Archive · 1928

Bogus Medical Degrees

'Two Japanese, one an engineer: {in the Asano Cement Company, and the other a lawyer, were sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for selling faked American diplomas Tapanese medical practitioners. The diplomas bore the names of ficjous colleges and universities in the United States and were sold foe Yen 500 to Yen 1,000 each. the strange plea that the purchasers of such diplomas were quite aware of their worthlessness and were glad to get them even though they knew them tobe false.

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