Woman Caught Fraudulently Enrolling In 3 Boston Schools: Officials

BOSTON, MA — An adult woman from Boston is accused of using several fake names to enroll in multiple local high schools this year, officials told the Boston Globe.

Mary Skipper, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools, said in a letter to families that in a case of "extremely sophisticated fraud," the woman attended the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School, and English High School, according to the outlet.

According to a police incident report obtained by Patch, English High School staff became suspicious after a man told them he was withdrawing his “daughter” due to bullying and transferring her to another school, though she had just been enrolled on June 8 and the bullying had only just been addressed earlier that morning.

When staff asked the district for the student's paperwork, they found an incorrect phone number for the Department of Children and Families and the name of a supposed social worker who did not actually work for the department, the report said.

There have been no confirmed cases of students or staff being harmed in connection with the woman's enrollment and the woman no longer attends any of the schools, officials told the Globe.