How do colleges figure out if you are lying or not

https://poetsandquants.com/2014/03/05/stanford-takes-away-an-mba-degree/

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/08/28/u-rochester-revokes-admissions-offer-student-who-lied-her-way

https://www.mystatesman.com/news/state–regional/graduate-accused-falsifying-data-sues-keep-her-degree/XuOWwafeOMfMLpW4vkJLKI/

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-04-18/news/9504180075_1_gina-grant-yale-harvard

https://ithacavoice.com/2014/09/cornell-expels-gives-100000-bill-student-application-dispute/