Sadly some people do seem to do well by lying, eg: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/01/german-defence-minister-resigns-plagiarism https://www.theguard

Sadly some people do seem to do well by lying, eg: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/01/german-defence-minister-resigns-plagiarism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/01/german-defence... And I've witnessed close-up some fraud where someone got himself hired full time by two companies: bad news for him that they were my clients and he was stationed to sit next to me at both and I knew the senior management well... It probably does eventually fall apart in most cases: maintaining a lie is hard.