Federal prosecutors say two San Gabriel Valley men helped foreign students secure visas and admission to U.S. universities by falsifying their transcripts and paying people to write their application essays and take their standardized exams. Yi Chen, 33, and Yixin Li, 28, were charged with conspiracy, visa fraud and aggravated identity theft in an indictment made public Monday. The document describes how the two men ran what federal authorities contend is an illegal scheme out of a pair of educational consulting companies in Alhambra and Arcadia. Chen, of Monrovia, and Li, of San Gabriel, signed contracts with foreign students that guaranteed they would be admitted to a U.S. university of their choice, the indictment says. A spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office said the men charged fees in the thousands of dollars. Their clients paid a portion of the amount upfront with the understanding it would be returned if they weren’t accepted to one of their preferred schools, the indictment says. Prosecutors say Chen and Li submitted applications on their clients’ behalf to some of the country’s premier universities, such as Columbia, USC, New York University and UC Berkeley, but also to smaller Southern California colleges such as Bethesda University in Anaheim and the Horizon Institute in Los Angeles. Once admitted to a U.S. university, their clients became eligible for an F-1 student visa, the indictment says.
The applications that Chen and Li submitted were replete with doctored transcripts, ghostwritten essays and tests taken by third parties, according to the indictment. Prosecutors charged that the men paid conspirators to take the SAT and Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, in place of their clients. Authorities said Chen and Li were linked to six people who admitted in 2019 to using forged Chinese passports to take TOEFL exams on behalf of Chinese nationals. The six defendants pleaded guilty to using false passports and were sentenced to probation. Chen and Li are also accused of falsifying their clients’ transcripts from Chinese high schools and colleges, and of hiring people to write their application essays and letters of recommendation. Li’s attorney, Victor Sherman, said his client runs a legitimate business and intends to plead not guilty. The government, Sherman said, is “making this sound like it’s the crime of the century.” Li, who has been living legally in the United States for the last nine years, surrendered to the authorities last week when he learned of the warrant for his arrest, his lawyer said. He remained in custody Monday as prosecutors appealed a judge’s decision to set his bond at $200,000. Sherman said they had argued to the judge that Li would flee the country if released. “They’re literally arguing that the entire security of the United States is at stake,” he said. Complicating matters, Sherman added, is that the government has placed a lis pendens on Li’s San Gabriel residence as it seeks its forfeiture, meaning he cannot use the home’s equity — some $300,000 — in posting bail. The government hasn’t offered any evidence that the property was purchased with funds derived from the alleged conspiracy, Sherman said. Chen, whose attorney didn’t immediately return a request for comment, was ordered detained pending trial, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office said. He has pleaded not guilty.
my fellow chinese peoples please just do what mexicans do, just do all illegally, no problemo. get it? illegals are better in every way. free college too under biden.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/indictment-alleges-visa-fraud-scheme-used-surrogate-test-takers-and-guaranteed-foreign
Federal prosecutors say two San Gabriel Valley men helped foreign students secure visas and admission to U.S. universities by falsifying their transcripts and paying people to write their application essays and take their standardized exams. Yi Chen, 33, and Yixin Li, 28, were charged with conspiracy, visa fraud and aggravated identity theft in an indictment made public Monday. The document describes how the two men ran what federal authorities contend is an illegal scheme out of a pair of educational consulting companies in Alhambra and Arcadia. Chen, of Monrovia, and Li, of San Gabriel, signed contracts with foreign students that guaranteed they would be admitted to a U.S. university of their choice, the indictment says. A spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office said the men charged fees in the thousands of dollars. Their clients paid a portion of the amount upfront with the understanding it would be returned if they weren’t accepted to one of their preferred schools, the indictment says. Prosecutors say Chen and Li submitted applications on their clients’ behalf to some of the country’s premier universities, such as Columbia, USC, New York University and UC Berkeley, but also to smaller Southern California colleges such as Bethesda University in Anaheim and the Horizon Institute in Los Angeles. Once admitted to a U.S. university, their clients became eligible for an F-1 student visa, the indictment says.
The applications that Chen and Li submitted were replete with doctored transcripts, ghostwritten essays and tests taken by third parties, according to the indictment. Prosecutors charged that the men paid conspirators to take the SAT and Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, in place of their clients. Authorities said Chen and Li were linked to six people who admitted in 2019 to using forged Chinese passports to take TOEFL exams on behalf of Chinese nationals. The six defendants pleaded guilty to using false passports and were sentenced to probation. Chen and Li are also accused of falsifying their clients’ transcripts from Chinese high schools and colleges, and of hiring people to write their application essays and letters of recommendation. Li’s attorney, Victor Sherman, said his client runs a legitimate business and intends to plead not guilty. The government, Sherman said, is “making this sound like it’s the crime of the century.” Li, who has been living legally in the United States for the last nine years, surrendered to the authorities last week when he learned of the warrant for his arrest, his lawyer said. He remained in custody Monday as prosecutors appealed a judge’s decision to set his bond at $200,000. Sherman said they had argued to the judge that Li would flee the country if released. “They’re literally arguing that the entire security of the United States is at stake,” he said. Complicating matters, Sherman added, is that the government has placed a lis pendens on Li’s San Gabriel residence as it seeks its forfeiture, meaning he cannot use the home’s equity — some $300,000 — in posting bail. The government hasn’t offered any evidence that the property was purchased with funds derived from the alleged conspiracy, Sherman said. Chen, whose attorney didn’t immediately return a request for comment, was ordered detained pending trial, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office said. He has pleaded not guilty.
楼主这发的没头没尾的。 好呀抓得好！造假就该被抓
真的太夸张了，代考、代写作业/论文，要不就是卖高仿包包，这些广告就是明目张胆来。
还有那种各大学校的新生微信群，隔两天混进来一个发代考广告，最恶心的就是虽然人踢出去了，那广告还是明晃晃在那里删不掉，看到就气。过两天换个名字又进来了。
国内也有论文代写的包括毕业论文。淘宝上就有。不知道淘宝怎么允许这是种存在。
呵呵，现在留学生可真不是十多二十年前考托考g出来的了……完全对留学生这个概念改写了 也是这几年的功夫
这种阴阳怪气的回帖居然还好几个点赞，这样明目张胆的违反行为难道不该抓吗？！
好像就是前两个月，有个mm来说她学校一个意外过世的学生一直在交作业。
这么好的募捐题材。 如果不捐钱帮他们打官司，就是不团结 -- 骗捐集团
真的，特别明目张胆
神经病
是的，我还以为我把这句话意思理解错了呢……为什么要点赞呢？当年也是靠这种方法出国的么？还是做这个生意的。太好玩了。
曾经招了个韩国博士生，申请材料写得很好，成绩也不错。同事还问我为什么没有招他（他自费过来的），他的申请材料的英文比他还好。结果他自费过来了。两个学期，课程跟不上，挂科了。课程写的报告英语非常差。开会总是点头答应，结果下次开会又没有进展。后来发现英语不行，课程跟不上，开会不能理解内容，浪费了大家一年多的时间。后来转到其他专业了
坐等GoFundMe，向老美展示中国人团结的力量！
我也记得这个。
get it? illegals are better in every way. free college too under biden.
抓得好！广告里那些代写作业代考的真的让人feel shame.
同恶心这个事，铺天盖地的这种广告