The university did not ask for the money back.
A foreign student admitted to fabricating documents and lying about his life in order to falsely secure a free-ride scholarship after he left a tiny detail on a Reddit post.
19-year-old Aryan Anand was awarded the financial award in order to attend Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The university did not ask for the money back.
A foreign student admitted to fabricating documents and lying about his life in order to falsely secure a free-ride scholarship after he left a tiny detail on a Reddit post.
19-year-old Aryan Anand was awarded the financial award in order to attend Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
‘I have built my life and career on lies.’
Anand had claimed that his father had died and he had worked hard in order to apply to college from his native India. He even provided the university a copy of his father’s death certificate.
After he obtained the scholarship and attended the university, the student admitted to his fabrications in a post on Reddit that he appeared to believe was anonymous.
The post was entitled, “I have built my life and career on lies,” and detailed the falsehoods he spun in order to be accepted into an unnamed university with a large scholarship, including falsified transcripts and financial statements.
While the account was anonymous, an eagle-eyed user on the Reddit site noted that the account followed one other thread – that associated with Lehigh University.
“So, the moderator actually reached out to Lehigh to give them a heads up,” said Northampton County Assistant DA Michael Weinert.
The student was arrested in Northampton County and charged with numerous crimes related to falsifying records.
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