Italian Police Discover Fake Univeristy

Italian police on Friday said they discovered a fake university in the north of the country where around 10 students were paying around 7,000 Euros ($9,600) for a worthless, unrecognized degree.

The university in Verona called "Carolus Magnus" (Charlemagne) was founded in 2005 in Rome by several people that belonged to a cultural association, which later transferred its headquarters to Verona, police said in a statement.

The university offered courses in "art and entertainment management" or "economics and business management" and assured it was registered with other public and private universities, none of which were known to Italy's education ministry.

The students who took courses at "Carolus Magnus" ended up with invalid educational documents and none of the exams held at the university were certified by the education ministry.-

Four people attached to the fake university were reported to justice officials for fraud, the police statement said.