Bangalore: In times when every aspect of your resume, even for lower executive level jobs, are scrutinised with the Sherlock Holmes’ expertise, what would have happened to the big organizations like Yahoo, which hired a CEO, who lied about his computer science degree which he obviously didn’t have?

There are also a couple of instances where people have lied on their resume, but ending up in bagging top executive positions in biggest organizations around the world. However their fate after getting busted for their lies varies amazingly, because few held on to their positions and few had to quit, smeared with shame. Read on to 10 such instances as compiled by Business Insider.

#10 An IBM president kept his position after lying about his records, but later resigned due to a sexual discrimination complaint

Jeffrey Papows, the president of IBM's software maker Lotus Development, lied about his academic and military background. In 1999, Jon Auerbach at ZDNet reported that Papows said he was a pilot when he was actually an air traffic controller and a captain when he was actually a first lieutenant in the Marines. He also said he got his PhD from Pepperdine, but actually got it from an unaccredited correspondence school.

Well even after Papows got busted for his lie, he continued in his executive position but only resigned the next year after he was named in a sexual discrimination complaint, according to CNET News.

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