New Brunswick fake student controversy spurs more questions

Parent Yeni Mendez is furious that her daughter’s safety was put at risk after 29-year-old Hyejeong Shin -- a 2019 graduate of Rutgers University, according to a campus spokesperson -- was able to submit a fake birth certificate to the New Brunswick board of education and enroll as a high school student; Shin attended school for four days before she was unmasked by background checks last week.

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