Over the past year, at least seven lawmakers have been accused of academic plagiarism, along with multiple celebrities and even a star teacher who appeared regularly on national television.

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Beyond the potential ethical problems and ease of finding ghostwriters for academic dissertations (go ahead, Google it), accusations of plagiarism have stung the British academy: the son of the late Libyan Colonel Gaddafi was investigated last year for allegations that his doctoral dissertation at the London School of Economics was penned by a ghostwriter.

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