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New Brunswick fake student controversy spurs more questions

Clip: 1/31/2023 | 5m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

No information has emerged about why Hyejeong Shin enrolled at the school

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.

01/31/2023

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