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This time in Kerala. Hundreds of forged certificates. Multi-state arrests. Dozens of universities affected. And every time I see news like this, I feel the same thing: Anger. Not surprise. Because this problem isn’t new. We’ve just been tolerating it.

You don't need a high-tech criminal syndicate to forge a university degree today—you just need a neighborhood print shop. The multi-million dollar counterfeit credential industry thrives on one simple, terrifying fact: we have made it economically and technologically effortless for bad actors to succeed. I have broken down exactly why traditional paper degrees offer zero cost barrier against fraud, and how we must fundamentally change the economics of credential security to finally stop it. Read the full breakdown below.

Forged degrees are cheaper to make than ever. Here is what actually stops them.