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A professor at a French teachers’ college came up with a scheme to boost his career: inventing a Nobel-style medal in his field and staging annual ceremonies, awarding the medal to a number of esteemed elderly academics including Noam Chomsky, as well as himself. The scam got him a promotion, a pay rise, and possibly a 5-year prison sentence, depending on what charges prosecutors decide they can press: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/french-professor-florent-montaclair-accused-award-prize