NEW HAVEN - With straight A's and a strong recommendation from a Columbia professor, Akash Maharaj had no trouble transferring to Yale. He managed to get through a full year at the university before anyone realized that his application was a fraud.
Students had already gone home for the summer when Yale quietly revoked Maharaj's admission last spring and pressed criminal charges. Now living in New York City, the 26-year-old native of Trinidad is charged with forging his Columbia transcript and deceiving Yale to collect $47,000 in financial aid. Maharaj is due at Superior Court on Monday, when a judge will decide whether to give him accelerated rehabilitation, a form of probation reserved for first-time offenders. http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-yalefraud0409.artapr09,0,6356024.story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258299 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
