Maharaj sentenced, avoids jail time
Former Morse junior will serve five years’ probation for stealing financial aid
Two years ago, Akash Maharaj was a Morse College junior. Now he’s a convicted felon.
Maharaj, who was kicked out of Yale College in the summer of 2007 and arrested the following September for forging his application for admission, will serve five years of probation for stealing some $31,000 in Yale financial aid, but will avoid jail time if he pays the University back in full. He was sentenced Friday in New Haven Superior Court following a plea bargain last May.
In an interview, Maharaj maintained that he never lied on his application. He said he was mistreated and his...
To Commenter #1: All reporting in this story is original; Isaac, who broke the initial story on Maharaj, sat in on the hearing. The interview conducted was with the News. Nothing is stolen. Thanks, Andrew Mangino, Editor in Chief
Yale should do more to investigate the applications received, especially of ones admitted. Why did it take the University more than two years before finding out the fraud? There is a statute of limitations issue here. Maharaj was clearly wrong in submitting a falsified application. The University should have better measures however to detect such fraudulent documents earlier before the financial aid releases funds and before the student actually enrolls.
Wow, what a raging narcissist: "it's not my fault, I haven't done anything wrong, nothing would have happened if my ex-boyfriend hadn't turned me in."
Did you use AP content in this story or just steal it from The Independant or The Register?
You're supposed to attribute what you steal ... err ... reference.