California Police Officer Convicted of Fraud in College Degree, Pay Raise Scheme

The San Francisco Bay Area officer is one of six who hired others to do their coursework so they could claim reimbursement and qualify for a salary boost.
California Police Officer Convicted of Fraud in College Degree, Pay Raise Scheme
Former Antioch Officer Morteza Amiri. Antioch Police Department
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A former San Francisco Bay Area police officer accused of paying someone to take their college courses as a way to get a pay raise was found guilty by a federal jury in Oakland, California, on Aug. 9.

Ex-Antioch officer Morteza Amiri, 33, is the sixth and final police officer to be convicted of one felony count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one felony count of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oakland.

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