In most jurisdictions, you bet. It’s also a criminal offense to lie about material job history or qualifications.

It’s rarely prosecuted outside of high profile cases though.

So employers beware and all.

"Ex-Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson claimed he had computer science and accounting degrees from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. In fact, he only had the accounting degree." https://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-big-shots-who-lied-on-th...

The sad part was he was actually a very competent CEO and after he left they had a revolving door of CEOs until they admitted failure and sold the company.

This happens quite often. We had a mayor in the past who claimed to have a degree in civics or something from a university, when that was found out to not be true, they issued a press release trying to save face. He was re-elected, somehow.

I get the anecdotal impression that bad deeds in politics mostly serve as confirmation for those who already don't like the politician and are largely ignored or excused by those who do like him/her.

Same issue with Erdoğan. He was never able to prove that he had a university diploma. Plus, while he opens criminal cases for absurd tweets he never went to court for people who claimed that his diploma is fake.

*citation needed. You’re gonna have to be a lot more specific