Law enforcers suspect a resident of the Lviv region of forging documents on obtaining a candidate of legal sciences, as well as a doctor of legal sciences.
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Thanks to fake documents, the pseudoscientist was able to receive the academic titles of associate professor and professor, the degrees of candidate of science and doctor of science, and an honorary title.
We are talking about 59-year-old Vasily Andreev, who a few months ago headed the department of law at the Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology.
In 2009, Andrey got a job as a teacher at the Lviv National Agrarian University, providing a fake diploma of a candidate of legal sciences from the Kyiv National University. Shevchenko. Three years later, he brought another diploma – already a Doctor of Law and received the academic title of professor and promotion.
In 2021, Andriy became “Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine”. He did not arouse any suspicions among his colleagues, he was an interesting lecturer, collaborator
But at the end of December 2022, the Ministry of Education and Science canceled the decision to award Vasily Andreev the title of professor. And a few months later, in April 2023, Andreev was informed of suspicion and a preventive measure was chosen – arrest with the possibility of making 107,000 hryvnia bail.
Source: Racurs
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