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University Slams Former Government Minister with Guilty of Fraud Verdict 1 year 2 weeks ago

University of Bayreuth has published its finding on the plagiarism allegations surrounding former Minister for Defence of Germany Baron Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg. Unsurprisingly, it gives a verdict of guilty on zu Guttenberg’s doctoral thesis while blithely ignoring the incompetence and possible collusion of its own staff.

Minister Hands Back His Title 1 year 12 weeks ago

Germany’s Minister of Defence Baron Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg handed back his doctor title received from Bayreuth University in 2007. His decision was the last in a series of serious blunders he produced over his plagiarised doctor’s thesis.

Guttenplag Leaks on German Minister 1 year 13 weeks ago

German Minister of Defence zu Guttenberg was caught out cheating in his dissertation when acquiring a doctorate at the University of Bayreuth. A Wikileaks like page called Guttenplag has started to collect further incidents of plagiarism to be found in the published dissertation by zu Guttenberg.

Is Germany’s Minister of Defence a Plagiarist? 1 year 13 weeks ago

Germany’s Minister of Defence got under friendly fire from the University of Bremen over the dissertation he handed in at the University of Bayreuth. Allegations of plagiarism and abuse of copyright are rife in the public domain and with German police. A criminal investigation has been launched.

What is Guttenplag? 1 year 13 weeks ago

Guttenplag is a wiki website written in German. It was founded and set up on February 17th, 2010, amidst a scandal involving the doctoral thesis submitted by Baron Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg. The scandal had been initiated when Professor Andreas Fischer-Lescano from the University of Bremen exposed eight extensive plagiarisms contained therein.