As a Public Service Announcement, we are releasing the below information to confirm to all TEFL teachers inbound to China, that the Chinese government is dead serious about enforcing their fairly new “FALSE DOCUMENTS LAW”. This new law was originally design and intended to stop, or at least reduce the quantity of counterfeit goods (mostly designer luxury consumer items like handbags, sunglasses, shoes, etc) being shipped abroad by attaching huge penalties and prison sentences to those using fake manifests, shipping documents, and use of government seals.

But after the child of a Chinese Deputy Minister of Education was found being taught by a fake English teacher (supposedly from America, but really from the Ukraine), a crusade was launched by the Chinese government to track down, arrest, and deport the estimated 10,000 fake teachers now working in China. So when this popped up online, we were not at all surprised MORE TEACHERS ARRESTED We decided to touch base with our PSB insider contact (recently promoted to rank of Colonel) that we interviewed two years ago (scroll down to read that story). We were advised of the following efforts being made by the PSB in recent months

1.) INCREASED PSB VISA SQUAD BUDGET INCREASED BY 12% TO HIRE 360 MORE INSPECTORS TO CONDUCT RANDOM VISA & DOCUMENT CHECKS AT SCHOOLS.

2.) THE PURCHASE OF 350 NEW 4G VISA SCANNERS TO BE USED BY BEIJING POLICE IN PUBS, RESTAURANTS, BARS, AND SUBWAY STATIONS TO DETECT ILLEGAL Z VISAS. WHAT IS AN ILLEGAL Z VISA? READ: ILLEGAL Z VISAS

3.) COMPLETE DOCUMENT CHECK DURING RANDOM SCHOOL VISITS. AS WE RECENTLY DISCOVERED THEY ARE NOW CHECKING NOT ONLY VISAS, BUT IF DIPLOMAS, POLICE CERTIFICATES, AND TEFL CERTIFICATES FOR VALIDITY. IF ANY ONE DOCUMENT TURNS OUT TO BE COUNTERFEIT, THE TEACHER WILL BE ARRESTED AND DEPORTED AS THOSE ARRESTED BELOW CAN VERIFY.

4.) STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, 20!7 ALL SCHOOLS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH AND POST A DOCUMENT ON THE WALL OF THE SCHOOL STATING THE LEGAL NAME OF THEIR TEACHERS, THEIR CITIZENSHIP, PASSPORT NO. DEGREE HELD AND FROM WHICH UNIVERSITY. A PARENT WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSPECT A SCAN OF THAT STUDENT’S PASSPORT, DIPLOMA, & POLICE CERTIFICATE UPON REQUEST, ALTHOUGH NO COPIES WILL BE FURNISHED.

5.) A JOINT TASK FORCE WITH SAFEA, PSB, AND LOCAL POLICE ARE NOW FORMING TO BEGIN A “TEACHER CREDENTIAL REVIEW” OF ALL FOREIGN TEACHERS ADMITTED TO CHINA BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, 2016 AS A “QUALITY CONTROL MEASURE”. THIS WILL ALSO ENTAIL VERIFICATION OF ALL DIPLOMAS AND TEFL CERTIFICATES PRESENTED BY THE TEACHERS.

At the local level, we are told that the Beijing and Shanghai Police Departments will start airing PSA radio and television announcements promoting their “Peoples Patriot Reward Program” to confidentially report any foreigner working illegally in China or suspected to be a spy. The reward has been increased to 15,000 last January from 10,000 rmb. CHINA REWARDS PROGRAM Here are those teachers that were arrested during the month of April. The Privacy Act forbids us from publishing the complete names and we do not want to have our website blocked in China.

Here are the 329 foreign TEFL teachers arrested in April nationwide for fake TEFL Certificates…

A. Duffy G. Tarik H. Ballou J. Cline L. Rasner M. Pollock F. Dresnick A. Gallo

P. Grabowski T. Sullivan R. Miller V. Carlucci M. Carson W. McBride S. Welch

C. Grajik D. Galloway L. Petronov S. Miknic J. Hopkins B. Wallace T. Fuchs

D. Fitzpatrick R. Roetzner H. Schroeder W. Shelton C. Douglas D. Williamson

L. Tucker C. Kerzner G. Betz J. Goldberg E. Dabric V. Ragutti S. Blackburn

(A complete list will be published in our June Newsletter and shared with the CFTU as well)

Additionally, 620 China foreign teachers were arrested nationwide for using fake diplomas;

D. Wozniak G. Henderson F. Bols L. Davis P. Dombrowski M. Lastafka A. Park

J. Peterkowski N. Gerber C. Boyer S. Sarcowitz E. Mitchell W. Polk D. Carter

T. Wolkenstein D. Turner B. Becker C. Abbot A. Harchow N. Parker F. Bledsoe

J. Ingvaldsen E. Greene W. Kelly W. Pilsner L. Dobson J. Nelson R. Cartwright

G. Landon L. Colby B. Bruckner H. Cooper P. Guzman L. Delvecchio P. Burke

(A complete list will be published in our June Newsletter and shared with the CFTU as well)

Additionally, 812 China foreign teachers were arrested nationwide for not having Z visas or having illegal Z visas;

P. Hollingsworth G. Fernandez W. Hodges M. Brown Q. Crenshaw J. Singleton

R. Wagner F. Burns V. Schwartz S. Grazniac T. Kim C. Tober W. Steinmetz

J. Walker D. Clemson A. Edwards N. Eckels G. Lieberman W. Montclair B. Els

D. Getz B. Myles S. Polson W. Fulcher P. Winslow J. Machio N. Blankenship

L. Kursten Y. Baker W. Sanchez T. Russo A. Onsbacher K. Cushman N. Choi

(A complete list will be published in our June Newsletter and shared with the CFTU as well)

Additionally, 12 China foreign teachers were arrested nationwide for using counterfeit police certificates;

K. Grassen J. Kaufman L. Lechstein C. Gorman A. Barker G. Peterson, C. Kim

H. McDaniels T. Wallach B. Harper P. Rausch N. Jacobsen

(A complete list will be published in our June Newsletter and shared with the CFTU as well)

To get current updates on scams, or to report one yourself you may want to visit

URGENT SCAM WARNING FOR TEACHERS:

Be sure to avoid these recruitment agencies which are all part of the Rebecca Tang / Rosie Tang criminal network in China including their agents in New York (Eric Winder) Canada (David Valley & Art Ward) and in Arizona (Derrick Yazwa) and a Serbian fugitive in China (Nikki aka Nikic Predrag) More information can be found in our upcoming newsletter and currently at Scam Companies Owned By Rebecca Tang & Rosie Tang

Foreign Expats aka ForeignExpats.com

China ESL aka ChinaESL.com

Beijing Teach aka BeijingTeach.com

Wan Jia Education

Golden Bridge ESL

East-West Education

NewLifeESL.com aka New Life ESL

Golden Bridge English

New World ESL

Golden Bridge Visa

Golden Bridge Education

Please let us know of any recruiter and or school that is now cooperating with any of the above entities as we are filing a formal complaint with China’s Ministries of Education and Justice as these companies managed to get over 2,000 foreign teachers arrested and deported with their lies and other deceptions. Thank you for your help.

Related Reading:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-06/08/content_16588196.htm

http://globalnews.asia/we-teach-illegally-for-you-china/

http://chinascamwatch.org

http://opnlttr.com/letter/china-visa-police-using-clever-sting-fake-job-ads-arrest-hundreds-foreign-esl-tefl-teachers

http://reddit.com/r/Tefl_blacklist

https://www.lostlaowai.com/news/illegal-foreign-teachers-arrested-in-shenzhen/

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/962377.shtml

http://reddit.com/r/tefl_esl_scams

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1020020.shtml

BTW… We want your feedback, reports of abuse and exploitation and scam tips of your experience in China. Please send your comments in complete confidence to report{at}chinascampatrol.org