Man pleads guilty to pretending to be a Harvard student

Adam Wheeler just might be the biggest cheater in college history. On Thursday, Wheeler plead guilty to 20 different counts of fraud leveled against him. Prosecutors say that the 24-year-old duped the Harvard admissions office into accepting him, stole over $40,000 in grants and awards—including a Rockefeller research grant—during his three years at Harvard, and, as if that wasn't enough, was on the verge of doing more. In fact, as court papers noted, if he had learned when to stop, he likely would have graduated from Harvard uncaught.

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