I just find it very unlikely that expats are faking credentials. It is most likely that this was one more hoop that he chose not to jump through. He was in India working for a long long time and I imagine that he made all the money he needed and determined the BS was too much to continue. That is why I left two years ago.
I search these forums because I am considering to come back but when I read the stuff that is still happening it makes my stomach very queasy.