If somebody gets a law/engineering degree or something similar with academic fraud surely they could be sued for malpractice? Maybe another examples is/are doctors.
Are there any examples of this ever? If somebody got a Computer Science degree (via academic fraud) and then marketed it couldn't they be sued for marketing something they didn't earn?
In the United States and many other countries, engineering and medicine have revocable licenses to practice with an exam as well as the degree requirement. The same is true of other professions such as law and the CPA designation. It is presumably difficult-to-impossible to pass the examinations without the knowledge required for the degree.
Practicing such a licensed profession without the requisite license is a criminal offense, at least usually, but it is the absence of the license rather than the academic fraud that's illegal.
Generally what happens to (unlicensed) people who claim degrees they do not have is they get fired for lying on resumes. I suppose if one held oneself out to the public as having a certain degree and charged for practicing the skill implied by the degree, one could be charged with fraud. In fact, what likely happens is a civil suit for non-performance.
On the other hand Frank Abagnale did get imprisoned for fraud, although I believe it was the bank fraud, financial fraud, and forgery that nailed him and not academic misconduct, even though he both claimed a non-existent Harvard degree and impersonated a physician.
Denmark has an explicit law against scientific fraud and bad practices. I do not know if anyone has been sentenced to anything based on it. You can read the law here: https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=188780
I have seen examples about teaching. Court can find someone guilty of malpractice if it decides that the professor is being intentionally unfair with assignments or grading. Academical bullying is also a thing.
In such event one can potentialy sue for damages and malpractice.
