Criminal Charges for UIUC Physics Prof George Gollin?
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Neither the office of the Illinois attorney general nor the US
Attorney’s office is commenting yet on whether criminal charges will
be brought against U of Illinois physics professor George Gollin
(George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) for his role in a Liberian
shakedown scandal.
A civil complaint filed in a Los Angeles federal court on March 11,
2010, alleges that George Gollin was a key component of an extortion
scheme that targeted a small Liberian medical school. St. Luke School
of Medicine brought medical help to the poor and sick in war-ravaged
Liberia. The school’s graduates passed their medical boards at an
impressive 88% rate overall.
But according to court documents, when St. Luke refused to pay a
$6,000 a month bribe demanded by corrupt Liberian officials, George
Gollin falsely branded the school an illegal “diploma mill” to force
payment.
George Gollin is a physics professor who, without any formal training
or experience, began promoting himself as an “expert” in
accreditation. George Gollin’s own resume describes him as a
“consultant” to the rebels who controlled the Liberian government.
St. Luke already has obtained a $120 million judgment against some of
the defendants in a court in the neighboring country of Ghana, but
alleges that corrupt Liberian officials have prevented them from
collecting on it so far. Legal experts agree that defendants George
Gollin and the University of Illinois could be at risk for that amount
or more.
University officials would not comment on whether they are
contemplating terminating George Gollin’s employment to reduce future
risk to taxpayers for his reckless and irresponsible conduct.