Some world-class chicanery

[germdoc]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/18/...ex.html?hpt=T2

Hey, if you're gonna lie, might as well do it with gusto!

I guess the concept of the Gentleman's C just didn't appeal to him.

[os1kne]

It looks like the small school in Maine busted him early on, then he went on to deceive the heck out of larger, more recognized institutions.

[crokett]

Sometimes it is amazing what people can get away with.

[germdoc]

2 things are interesting to me: this is obviously a bright individual who could have succeeded in life without fraud; and problems with fraud were noticed on several occasions but not dealt with effectively to prevent him from defrauding others.

Reminds me of the Darsee case which occurred at Emory while I was there--I actually saw some of his old patients during medical school and read his highly detailed, multi-color, handwritten notes.

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/14/sc...pagewanted=all

One of my mentors noticed problems with his work and brought it to the attention of the university administration, but they poo-poohed her because this guy (Darsee) was so "brilliant" no one would ever suspect him of fraud.

[herb fellows]

'It could not be determined if he has retained an attorney?'
Why yes, he has!
Attorney Wheeler, a graduate of Yale law school.....

[cabinetman]

He's not the first and likely won't be the last. He can't be too smart if he thought he could fool those in the know.
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[crokett]

Actually he is pretty smart - he fooled them for a while before he got caught. He likely would not have gotten caught if he plagiarized the work of someone else who didn't go to Harvard. The prof who caught him only did because he recognized the work of a colleague.