Georgy Shchokin

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Georgiy Shchokin (ukr.: Гео́ргій Васи́льович Що́кін) (born May 27, 1954, in Zaporizhzhya is a Ukrainian (of Russian ethnicity) businessman, sociologist, psychologist and a politician. He is also the founder and owner of MAUP (a controversial private college, noted for its close ties with David Duke and other Holocaust deniers).

Biography[edit]

Schokin graduated in 1981 from the Кyiv Pedagogical Institute.

He is the founder and owner of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management.

Shchokin heads the Ukrainian "Miloserdiye" Foundation. He is a part owner and vice-president of the two vanity presses - International Biographical Centre (UK) and American Biographical Institute that have been described as scam operations.[1][2][3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Richard Baker (27 August 2004). "Scam of the year a snip at $195". The Age. Consumer Affairs Minister John Lenders has been asked to investigate a scam being run by a group called the American Biographical Institute after it told a Labor MP he would get a decree confirming his nomination as 2004 "man of the year" if he paid $ US 195 ($ A 276) … [Member for Mitcham] Mr Robinson said it was important the people behind the scam be stopped from requesting Australians to send money for a meaningless award… “It is very difficult to retrieve money from scams like this that are run overseas," [Mr. Lenders] said. "This is a scam that is well known to Consumer Affairs Victoria. 
  2. ^ Parliament of New South Wales (1 March 2005, 6 April 2005). "Peace Prize Scam.".  Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Rajesh Kochhar (16 January 1999). "The Sucker of the Year Award.". The Tribune. 
  4. ^ Tim Heald (February 2005). "I have been nominated for an International Peace Prize!". The Heald Report.