Evans Oppong is allegedly among the four students arrested in America for the forgery of high school transcripts. The former student of Prempeh College was among the NSMQ contestants who led Prempeh College to victory in 2021.
The four accused were studying at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, where they gained admission after allegedly forging their senior high school transcripts to inflate their grades. Per Graphic, based on the allegedly falsified transcripts, three of the students received financial support of $212,933, $127,213, and $129,244, respectively.
The four - Evans Oppong, Otis Opoku, Cyrilstan Nomobon Sowah-Nai, and Henry Dabuo - are facing charges of forgery and theft of services and are currently being held on $100,000 bail. It was also reported that complaint against Oppong, who gained entrance through a scholarship programme, was still being processed.
Preliminary court hearings are scheduled for next week (September 24, 2024). It was also reported that an investigation was launched when Lehigh flagged the transcript of Jude Dabuo - Henry Dabuo's older brother - due to a number of inconsistencies and errors.
The Admissions Office uncovered similar discrepancies in Henry Dabuo's transcript as well as the applications of the three other students implicated.
When Evans Oppong secured US scholarship.
YEN.com.gh previously reported that Evans Oppong had secured a scholarship to study at Lehigh University in America. Evans was a member of the successful Prempeh College team that won the 2021 National Science and Mathematics Quiz. Non-profit organisation The Ckodon Foundation announced on X at the time that he had earned a scholarship worth $312,776.
The four are reportedly being held on $100,000 bail and a GoFundMe campaign has been started by their friends to help finance their legal defence.
Netizens react to student's arrest in US Netizens who saw the post about the four men's arrest took to the comments section to express their disappointment and sympathy with them.
@sahabela wrote: "Things that will block genuine people chance."
@damian_yb8 wrote: "Herr masa sika wei de3 Jail straight oo. But how did they get such amount of financial aid?"
@Gracebal0 wrote: "I feel sad for them because all they want is to go to a good school."
@Henry_Emileo wrote: "Oh slow! This one straight back to Ghana oo. Them no go allow you do cleaning work sef. Make them run na Ghana no good."
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