Actually I remember a similar case a couple of years ago here in Greece. A woman lied about various scientific credentials and even claimed that she worked for

Actually I remember a similar case a couple of years ago here in Greece. A woman lied about various scientific credentials and even claimed that she worked for NASA (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleni_Antoniadou https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleni_Antoniadou). The problem with that case is not only that she lied, but that everybody blindly believed her without checking any of her claims. She was interviewed by the media, was awarded various awards (for her "research") and was invited as a member to scientific comittees! They even made a barbie dοll modeled on her! Even more outrageous was that the greek gonvermnent and government-controlled media used her as an example of achievement to pass some kind of funny "being the best (αριστεία in greek)" agenda.