The University of Virginia recently stripped Fred D. Smith of his doctorate in education. Last year, iThenticate was utilized by a reporter from the Journal News to break a story on Smith, the ex-Pocantico Hills superintendent who plagiarized much of his UVA dissertation.
Smith’s plagiarism saga began in November 2009, when he suddenly resigned as the Pocantico Hills superintendent after it was discovered that he had copied newsletters from a Massachusetts elementary school principal. The Journal News then partnered with iThenticate to discover that large portions of Smith’s dissertation from the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education were also plagiarized. From the Journal News: “…iThenticate, found numerous passages that matched academic publications predating his. The most notable similarities were with a paper by Jerri Ann Whitehurst Hall, now a high school principal in Rutland, Georgia.”
The newest case of political plagiarism to hit the newsstands involves Colorado gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis. 
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A new book said to be written by former hacker turned security consultant, Gregory D. Evans, has been recently marred by plagiarism accusations. 
A recent article from Times Higher Education discusses a new ‘Tariff’ that academics in the UK are proposing that will lay out a universal system of penalties for university students that plagiarize. 
An old quote from Wilson Mizner seems to be gaining some steam on the internet recently: