A sham university was established to attract prospective international students who the U.S.A. government believed knew their applications and proposed education was fake. However, court rulings indicate that at least some of the students who applied to the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) thought it was real and shouldn't have been subject to the blanket assumption of fraud. The attorney for the international students indicated, "The thrust of the lawsuit was simply to say that you can't set up a phony university and then turn around and claim that everyone who attended committed fraud."
ICE officials arrested 250 international students who gained admission to another fake in Detroit, Michigan, the University of Farmington. The students were primarily from India and were attracted to the reported academic focus of technology and computer science. The international students at Farmington asserted that they were lured into applying after institutions to which they had already been admitted lost their accreditation. Recruiters who referred international students to Farmington and other fake universities have been criminally charged for their role. Some students innocently applied out of desperation but others appeared to know that they hadn't been offered any classes in which to "enroll," substantiating the legal case for their participation in the fraud.
Legislation put forth by multiple elected U.S. officials challenged the actions of the accrediting agency that offered assistance by extending fake accreditation in the entrapment scheme. Elizabeth Warren, and other legislators involved in the challenge said, "It is deeply misleading, unfair and irresponsible to falsify accreditation information that students can and should use to evaluate their educational options before uprooting their lives and making significant financial investments in their education."
ICE officials arrested 250 international students who gained admission to another fake in Detroit, Michigan, the University of Farmington. The students were primarily from India and were attracted to the reported academic focus of technology and computer science. The international students at Farmington asserted that they were lured into applying after institutions to which they had already been admitted lost their accreditation. Recruiters who referred international students to Farmington and other fake universities have been criminally charged for their role. Some students innocently applied out of desperation but others appeared to know that they hadn't been offered any classes in which to "enroll," substantiating the legal case for their participation in the fraud.
Legislation put forth by multiple elected U.S. officials challenged the actions of the accrediting agency that offered assistance by extending fake accreditation in the entrapment scheme. Elizabeth Warren, and other legislators involved in the challenge said, "It is deeply misleading, unfair and irresponsible to falsify accreditation information that students can and should use to evaluate their educational options before uprooting their lives and making significant financial investments in their education."
The entrapment scheme ultimately resulted in a class action suit, with the U.S. government offering a settlement agreement in 2022. In June of 2024 a Federal Appeals court found that the government was not immune to being sued for its deceit.
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