How a Faridabad boy busted a ‘fraud among geniuses’ in America

Jan 2, 2025 | 22:43 IST

A boy who had no interest in studying for marks conned his way to a frontline university in Pennsylvania on a full scholarship. He lived the American dream for 6 months till a BTech student back in India did some online sleuthing to expose him

On February 23, 2024, a post dropped into a Reddit group with 50,000 members called Btechtards.

It was a long read. The chronicle of a crime in lurid detail. No bloodshed, but cold-blooded white-collar delinquency through which a boy who had barely passed his 12th boards had made it to a leading US university on a full scholarship to study computer science.

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How a Faridabad boy busted a ‘fraud among geniuses’ in America

A boy who had no interest in studying for marks conned his way to a frontline university in Pennsylvania on a full scholarship. He lived the American dream for 6 months till a BTech student back in India did some online sleuthing to expose him

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How a Faridabad boy busted a ‘fraud among geniuses’ in America

A boy who had no interest in studying for marks conned his way to a frontline university in Pennsylvania on a full scholarship. He lived the American dream for 6 months till a BTech student back in India did some online sleuthing to expose him

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