Adam Wheeler was admitted to Harvard University and became a student in 2007 after he falsely claimed he had earned a perfect academic record at Phillips Academy in Andover and had studied for a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
23-year-old Adam Wheeler from Milton, Delaware also plagiarized his resume by saying he won the Winthrop Sargent Prize for English, and the Hoopes Prize for outstanding scholarly work.
He has been accused of snagging $45,000 in financial aid, grants and scholarships. Wheeler spent the night in a Massachusetts jail and is now charged with more than 20 counts, including identity fraud, larceny and forgery.
According to authorities, Harvard started to look into Wheeler’s background after he sought the school’s endorsement for Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships. Prosecutors said a professor reviewed his application and noticed similarities between Wheeler’s writing and that of a colleague.
Authorities also said that before attending Harvard University, Adam Wheeler was a student at Bowdoin College in Maine from 2005 to 2007, but was suspended for academic dishonesty.
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