In January 2012, Global's 16x9 news magazine aired a story alleging large scale fraud at Douglas College's Chinese partner campuses.

[13] They alleged mass-scale fraud whereby students were guaranteed to pass their courses through various methods such as black market answer sheets, progressively easier make-up exams, and grade tampering.

Robert Buller, a former Dean of Commerce and Business alleged Douglas College President Scott McAlpine said "he needed plausible deniability and he wanted to see and hear nothing" when approached about the issue.

[13] Since then, Douglas College and the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education completed an independent review of the situation and issued a report.

[14] Although the report found "no evidence of academic dishonesty or fraud in the conduct of Douglas College", it noted specific areas of concerns including in lack of oversight in the use of challenge exams.

[15] The report stated that "Douglas College would have benefitted from speedier and more thoroughly considered responses" to issues previously identified.