'A Lack of Moral Compass'

"He is very interested in non-profit work, he has always been interested in that."

Mother of Lee Wheeler, 24, who conned his way into Harvard, benefiting from more than $40,000 in grants and prizes. He applied, equally fraudulently, for Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships. "The history of these offences indicates not only compulsivity, but a lack of moral compass," Judge Diane Kottmyer said.

SOURCE: "Adam Wheeler lied his way into top-flight university, but his appetite for deception eventually saw him exposed" by Ed Pilkington; December 17, 2010.