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Ex-Harvard Student Pleads Not Guilty to Identity Fraud, Larceny, and Other Massachusetts Criminal Charges in Alleged Fraud that Earned Him Admission, Grants, and Financial Aid

By Altman & Altman

Adam B. Wheeler, a former Harvard student who has been indicted for falsifying information that allowed him to get into the university and receive thousands of dollars in financial aid and grants, has pleaded not guilty to 20 criminal counts of identify fraud, larceny, pretending to hold a degree, and falsifying an endorsement or approval. At the 23-year-old?s arraignment today, his cash bail was set at $5,000. If convicted, Wheeler could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison for each felony count and a year for each misdemeanor. Wheeler is accused of submitting bogus transcripts that showed him attending Phillips Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also allegedly falsified his perfect SAT test score of 1600 and included fake letters of recommendation with his college application...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on May 19, 2010 (boomark / email).