Former Harvard student Adam Wheeler was indicted today on multiple counts of identity fraud and larceny. According to the Boston Globe, Wheeler allegedly built a "fraudulent life history that led to his admission to Harvard, and for using forged academic materials from Harvard when he applied for the prestigious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships."

The Harvard Crimson has more:

As a senior in September 2009, Wheeler allegedly submitted fraudulent applications for the Harvard endorsement for both the United States Rhodes Scholarship and the Fulbright Scholarship.

His application packet included fabricated recommendations from Harvard professors and a college transcript detailing perfect grades over three years. Wheeler's resume listed numerous books he had co-authored, lectures he had given, and courses he had taught, according to authorities.

A Harvard professor first became suspicious of Wheeler while reviewing his application for the Rhodes scholarship. He discovered that Wheeler had plagiarized his piece almost completely from the work of another professor.

The school then launched an investigation into Wheeler's background. They found that he had not attended Phillips Andover Academy or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, nor had he earned a perfect score on his SATs. He had claimed to have done all.

Wheeler did attend Bowdoin College, but was suspended for academic dishonesty.

During his time at Harvard, Wheeler accrued $14,000 in grants and prizes, which he allegedly applied for using plagiarized submissions. Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. said Wheeler also received more than $30,000 in financial aid "under false pretenses."

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Wheeler, originally from Delaware, was invited by Harvard officials to a disciplinary hearing on his case but declined to attend.

The Globe outlines the precise charges against Wheeler:

He is charged with four counts of larceny over $250, eight counts of identity fraud, seven counts of falsifying an endorsement or approval and pretending to hold a degree.

Wheeler's arraignment is tomorrow in Middlesex county.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1314667&forum_id=1#15021233)

Apparently this guy just couldn't quit. When arrested, he had transfer applications pending at Brown and Yale!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1314667&forum_id=1#15022624)

(AP) – 20 minutes ago

WOBURN, Mass. — Prosecutors say a Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard was accepted at Stanford University in California after he was kicked out of the Ivy League school.

Court documents filed Wednesday in the case of Adam Wheeler say that after his expulsion last fall from Harvard, he applied and was accepted to Stanford for the 2010-2011 school year.

The documents were filed as Wheeler's lawyer appeared in Middlesex Superior Court for a pretrial conference.

State prosecutors say in the documents that the 23-year-old also applied to other schools including Yale and Brown after being kicked out of Harvard.

Wheeler, who was not at the hearing, has pleaded not guilty to larceny, identity fraud and other charges and is being held on $5,000 bail

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1314667&forum_id=1#15200284)