The Ministry of Interior announced that it will apply the statutory penalties against people found to be involved in counterfeiting academic degrees. The Director of General Directorate of Relations and Media of the Ministry of Interior Major General Dr. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Maro'al pointed out that the Ministry of Interior will apply penalties set by the penal system for crimes of counterfeiting in the Kingdom against all people involved in counterfeiting academic degrees including trial, imprisonment, deportation, and putting on the list of banning from the entry into the Kingdom for counterfeiters of academic degrees from expatriates.