Polash Rahman, the director of LBT College in Shadwell, has been ordered to pay £12,500 in fines and costs for misleading students to believe they were getting British degrees.
The prosecution followed a complaint by a student who found that the college had mislead him about the facilities and could not provide him with the education he expected
The college claimed to have a well stocked library but had only a few books on a bookshelf, referred to a computer centre that consisted of five computers, one of which didi not work and had only 20 students.
Tower Hamlets Councillor Abdal Ullah said: "The council is at the forefront of tackling these so-called bogus colleges. We are working really hard to crack down on places which offer fake accreditations and which do not deliver what they promise.