Question 111: Fraudulent degree

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Good to hear you got out of the fraudulent martial arts degree program before you lost too much money. I think the ACMS is now defunct.

I recently did some checking up on a reader's “master;" she had some questions about the validity of his claims and credentials. He had a PhD in the martial arts and his rank was issued by an “international” organization. The organization's web site only listed a phone number and a post office box number for an address. I did I reverse lookup on the phone number and used Google Maps to trace the organization to an apartment in a tiny town (500 population) in Ohio. Using Google Maps street view, I could see the town was just crossroads with old buildings and no major business. Apparently, the “master” operated this international organization, and it’s accompanying Hall of Fame, from a computer in his apartment. The "master" had a PhD from the same university as the reader’s instructor. I found that the “university” that issued the degrees was operated by this same “master” from his apartment.