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Faking His Way to The Top: A cautionary tale

April 17, 2008 - 12:00am
By John-David Brown

If you haven’t heard, Yale is abuzz with the most outlandish scandal in the Ivy League. Last Tuesday, The Yale Daily News reported that 26-year-old Akash Maharaj was arrested in September on charges of larceny and forgery for allegedly faking his application to Yale and stealing some $46,000 in financial aid. As the story continues to unfold, however, we are learning that there are even more ridiculous pieces of the puzzle. A blogger at IvyGate summarized the situation best, exclaiming “The story has so many twisting elements, it reads like a daytime soap: Gay lovers’ spat! Race-related unrest! Forgery, identity theft, mental instability!