10 Big Shots Who Were Humiliated For Lying On Their Resume


#1 Laura Callahan- Deputy CIO, US Department of Home and Security

The department of Home Security is the most responsible organization with most at stake. The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for keeping tabs on terrorists and suspected terrorists in the US. As its Deputy CIO, Laura Callahan made good use of her PhD and had earlier even worked in the White House during Bill Clinton’s tenure.

She had a bad repute with her co-ordinates for she snubbed them if they didn’t call her a “Doctor.”  Richard Wainwright, a subordinate decided to investigate her background and soon found that Callahan’s “doctorate” had been issued by a diploma mill, an unaccredited body that basically sells degrees.  She was placed on compulsory leave in 2003 and resigned a year later.

After this US Government’s Accountability department did an investigation and found out that 500 other government employees had done the same thing as Callahan. (Source: Computer World)

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