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Herbalife, Ltd has just announced that Gregory Probert, the COO who embellished his resume, has resigned from the company.

We reported last week about Probert’s embellishments that came to light during an independent investigation into the executives of the company. Probert admitted that he did indeed embellish his resume when he stated that he had completed an MBA program at UCLA.

“Greg made substantial contributions to Herbalife,” Chief Executive Officer Michael Johnson said in the statement. “The circumstances surrounding his resignation are disappointing.”

Probert has served as COO of Herbalife since 2003. The former Disney Exec had a great run at Herbalife and helped the company prosper in the last few years. No replacement has been named, but the company reported that other employees are now taking over his duties until a new COO is announced.

Probert and Herbalife join a not so distinguished list of companies that have had issues with top executives falsifying their resumes. In recent years RadioShack Corp and Intercontinental Hotels Group have both had issues with fake resumes. In the age of the internet, it is so easy to find information on anyone. I cant imagine how anyone, especially someone with such a high profile position thinks they can get away with lying on their resume. Probert had a very successful career at Herbalife and was well respected in the industry for the job he had done, along with Michael Johnson of rebuilding the company. It is sad to see his reputation tarnished by such a stupid mistake especially given that it was unearthed by such an unethical person.

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