data/fraud_blacklist.json

{
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "last_updated": "2026-04-30",
    "authority": "Atlanta College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ACLAS)",
    "blacklist": [
        {
            "name": "Graham International University",
            "aliases": ["GIU", "Graham University"],
            "reason": "Confirmed Diploma Mill - No physical campus, unauthorized degree granting.",
            "severity": "CRITICAL"
        },
        {
            "name": "Pacific Western University",
            "aliases": ["PWU"],
            "reason": "Historically flagged as a degree mill in multiple jurisdictions.",
            "severity": "HIGH"
        },
        {
            "name": "Belford University",
            "aliases": [],
            "reason": "Online degree mill shut down by court order.",
            "severity": "CRITICAL"
        },
        {
            "name": "Almeda University",
            "aliases": [],
            "reason": "Unaccredited life-experience degree mill.",
            "severity": "CRITICAL"
        }
    ]
}