The scandal with false  diplomas of Armenian universities is in  progress - a  statement was made due to this fact  by the National  Security Service, and appropriate criminal cases have been raised  against some of rectors. 

ArmInfo.The National Security Service of Armenia called  the Ministry of Education and Science to take measures to eliminate violations revealed in non-state universities of the country, in order to exclude such problems in the 

future.

The problem is that 3 non-state  owned universities have issued fake 

diplomas to students who did not attend classes, and in some cases to 

persons who did not attend the current and final exams at all . 

During the investigation of this criminal case it was found out that 

20 citizens of Armenia and other countries were forged for fake 

purposes with forged diplomas. According to the court's decision, 2 

rectors were found guilty, and in relation to 3, a preliminary 

investigation was ordered.

Meanwhile, as reported by Datalex, on June 26 the court of general 

jurisdiction Kentron and Nork Marash under the leadership of Judge 

Arshak Vardanyan.received a case against the rector of the St. Teresa 

University Larisa Hambardzumyan .

As a preventive measure against Larissa Hambardzumyan, a written 

undertaking not to leave the country was chosen.

It should be noted that false diplomas were issued not only to 

Armenian citizens, but also to dozens of students from foreign 

countries, including Iran, USA, Georgia, Russia, Uzbekistan and 

Israel.  To note,  recently a scandal erupted in connection with the 

fact that the Ministry of Health of Israel has not approved diplomas 

of students who have received education in Armenia for more than a 

year. Moreover, the Ministry appealed to the Police to find out the 

validity of diplomas issued to foreign students by Armenian medical 

universities.