BackCheck was conducting an Education Verification on an applicant for a client who claimed to have a Bachelor of Arts.

After verifying the institution and submitting the file, BackCheck received a response stating that the applicant had not only not graduated, but had only completed 15 of 90 credits.

As we had the diploma on file, we wanted to verify this information. BackCheck called the school and explained the situation, and upon further investigation it was discovered that the Diploma was a forgery. The forgery was a good one – they picked up on it because a couple of the signatures at the bottom looked suspicious!