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Former Harvard Student Arraigned On Theft, Fraud Charges

Zyphlin

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Wow, the guy made it to his senior year and was going for a Rhodes Scholarship. And then tries to get into Yale when this fails through. Some balls on him.

What should happen to this guy? Throw the book at him for fraud? Slap on the wrist? He's a senior so he must've been doing SOMETHING somewhat right while there, as he's close to being done. Should they just let him finish it out and say no harm no foul? Hey, he managed to fake the minds at Harvard for a number of years, that's saying something right?

What's your take?
 

Hire him to sniff out other fakes... just a thought...

Otherwise, not really sure. He probably deserves jail time.
 
He should have been smart enough to know not to push his luck
 
Zyphlin said:
Should they just let him finish it out and say no harm no foul? Hey, he managed to fake the minds at Harvard for a number of years, that's saying something right?

What's your take?
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It seems at least somewhat similar to the case involving Jessica Colotl. In both instances, the law is the law and if you break the law you pay the consequences.
 
Bron, was that you?
 

This guy needs to become a cautionary tale--"This is what happens when you try to cheat the system."

He obtained $45k in financial aide through fraud.

"The crux of these offenses are identity theft, fraud, larceny and falsification of documents," said Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone, announcing Wheeler's arrest Monday
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As a victim of ID and CC theft, I have no sympathy.
 
this young man, with those ethics, is going to make one hell of a successful politician
 




I think Havard should be paying Adam to learnt them some smartness since they cant figger it out. :ssst:
 

Looks like he is well qualified. Give him a job at Goldman-Sachs. :mrgreen:
 
I don't think his academic credit should be erased, but it probably will be because I'm sure the admin at Harvard is angry that they got fooled.

He deserves jail time for the fraud. Using someone else's name and claiming that much money is a big deal. If a non-student did that you bet they'd get jail time. He shouldn't be let off just because he's a student and used the money to accomplish something.

If he couldn't get a grant under his real name because he doesn't qualify, then that is doubly annoying.
 
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