Harvard Hoax: Adam Wheeler Harvard Scam

Harvard Hoax: Adam Wheeler Harvard Scam - A young resident of Delaware accused of inventing brilliant academic background which could enter Harvard University was held Tuesday on $ 5,000 bail after pleading not guilty.

If Adam Wheeler paid the bond, must stay away from Harvard and other academic institutions involved, surrender his passport and not leave the state of Massachusetts, told a judge in Middlesex.

Wheeler, 23, who lives in Milton, Delaware, faces 20 counts of theft, identity fraud and other charges.

Wheeler said he had obtained a perfect score on the SAT, the highest grades in the Phillips Andover Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he submitted his application to Harvard in 2007, prosecutors said. In fact, never attended any of these institutions, said Gerry Leone’s attorney general.

Prosecutor John Vener said Tuesday in court that in practice Wheeler stole $ 45,000 in financial aid, scholarships and awards funds from Harvard.

“The actions of this defendant swipe at those who competed honestly admissions and scholarships that this defendant fraudulently obtained,” he added. Adam Wheeler, who is studying English language and would have graduated from Harvard this spring, tried to go to Yale and Brown after being discovered at Harvard.

The defendant was a student at Bowdoin College in Maine from 2005 to 2007 but was suspended for academic dishonesty, authorities said.