"[3] Degree mills have been dubbed by John Bear, an ex-FBI consultant, as a "huge crime wave...and almost no one has noticed.
"[5] The location of the organization's offices is not known with certainty; no address is given on the website or the whois record; a 2003 Usenet posting [6] indicated that the company is based in a California strip mall, but all diplomas are mailed from Pakistan or Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
[7] In a 2008 article in the Chicago Tribune, a reporter described his experience obtaining a series of "bogus academic credentials" from Ashwood, including a "Doctorate Degree in Medicine & Surgery."
"[8] Several journalists and entertainers have publicized their experiences when they applied for and received bogus credentials from Ashwood in order to investigate its practices.
Television producer Tom Kenny won an Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Award (Service News Story - Consumer/Financial) in 2005 for his documentary on online diploma mills entitled, "Degrees of Deception.