Diploma Scofflaws

Here's a list of people who used a Spokane-based diploma mill to buy counterfeit degrees from real colleges and universities or bogus degrees from non-existent, on-line high schools, colleges and universities.

Some names are annotated with an asterisk (*). These individuals didn't necessarily buy degrees, but their names surfaced for various reasons during Operation Gold Seal, sources familiar with the investigation said Tuesday. They said these individuals should not be considered as confirmed degree buyers.

Hundreds of people working in the military, government and education are on a list of almost 10,000 people who spent $7.3 million buying phony and counterfeit high school and college degrees from a Spokane diploma mill.