Indian teen, who faked father’s death for full scholarship, gets deported from US
full scholarship to a US university, is now facing deportation.
The youth faked his father’s death to get admission and a full scholarship to Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, according to Lehigh Valley News. This carefully orchestrated plan also included fabricating financial records and transcripts, as well as creating a fake email address resembling his headmaster's to generate false letters of recommendation.
Anand admitted his tactics in a Reddit post titled «I have built my life and career on lies.» Although he did not divulge his identity, another astute Reddit user conducted a background check and identified him.
Consequently, the university's police department launched an investigation, leading to Anand's arrest on April 30. He was charged with forgery and theft of services. His acceptance into Lehigh University has been rescinded. Despite facing a potential prison sentence of 10 to 20 years for his actions, the 19-year-old will only be expelled and deported to India, owing to a plea agreement reached with the university.
In an interview with ABC News, Northampton County Assistant DA Michael Weinert said, “The defendant only had one other university that he followed, which was Lehigh University. So, the moderator actually reached out to Lehigh to give them a heads-up. It was difficult to really verify these things. I think that was great work by Lehigh and their police force. They were able to dig deep and find all this was false.”
Earlier, an Indian student studying in Canada caused a stir when he
