Adult woman is investigated by Boston police after ‘using fake identification papers to pose as teen and enroll in THREE high schools’

• The woman allegedly falsified identification to register for three schools – the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School, and English High School 
• A school employee noticed an ‘irregularity’ in the woman’s paperwork on file and reported it to District leadership, who immediately contacted Boston Police 
• Superintendent Mary Skipper said: ‘I am deeply troubled that an adult would breach the trust of our school communities by posing as a student’

The Boston Police Department has launched an investigation into an adult woman after shew as accused of using fake identification papers to fraudulently enroll in three public high schools. 

Students were informed in a letter sent by Jeremiah E. Burke High School, that the woman falsified paperwork to register for Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School, and English High School at various points during the 2022 – 2023 academic school year.

The unnamed individual has been discharged and ordered to stay away from Boston Public School facilities, according to the letter obtained by Dailymail.com. 

Boston Public School Superintendent Mary Skipper said in a statement: ‘I am deeply troubled that an adult would breach the trust of our school communities by posing as a student.’

The investigation is ongoing but police and school staff do not believe any harm was caused to students or staff by the woman. 

Boston Public Schools officials say an adult woman has been ordered to stay away from school facilities after authorities found she fraudulently enrolled in multiple high schools as a student

Students were informed in a letter sent by Jeremiah E. Burke High School, that the woman falsified paperwork to register for Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School, and English High School at various points during the 2022 – 2023 academic school year

The investigation is ongoing but police and school staff do not believe any harm was caused to students or staff by the woman

‘This appears to be a case of extremely sophisticated fraud,’ Skipper added.  

‘As soon as BPS personnel identified irregularities with the student’s enrollment, the case was referred to the Boston Police who are now undertaking a criminal investigation,’ she said.  

The woman was able to register by utilizing the student transfer process and enrolling under multiple pseudonyms, Skipper said. 

Last week, a Boston Public School employee noticed an ‘irregularity’ in the woman’s paperwork on file and reported it to District leadership, who immediately contacted Boston Police. 

According to the police report, school officials became concerned when the woman’s ‘father’ notified the school that his daughter would be withdrawing and enrolled in St. Columbkille School due to bullying. 

The school grew suspicious because she had only been enrolled on Thursday, June 8, and they had already started addressing the claims earlier that morning. 

Concerned that there may be a custodial issue, the school requested all of the enrollment paperwork from the district.

It was then that they noticed further inconsistencies such as incorrect letterhead, while phone numbers went straight to voicemail. 

Boston Public School Superintendent Mary Skipper (pictured) said in a statement: ‘I am deeply troubled that an adult would breach the trust of our school communities by posing as a student’ 

The school said the families of students who may have interacted with this individual are currently being contacted directly by school staff and investigators.

‘I am grateful to the BPS staff who caught this and quickly acted and to the Boston Police for launching an immediate investigation,’ Skipper said. 

Police said the investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed at this time. The age and name of the suspect has been redacted from the police report. 

Skipper said the school will provide additional updates if relevant information becomes available. 

In January, another adult woman was accused of impersonating a minor and fraudulently enrolling as a student in a New Jersey high school.

Hyejeong Shin, 29, was arrested after attending classes at New Brunswick High School for four days before her true age was discovered. 

Shin’s attorney, Darren Gelber, said the Rutgers University graduate knows she made a mistake and that it was her longing for the sorts of friendships she had in high school that made her decide to do it. 

She entered a not guilty plea to charges that could carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

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