Fake It 'Til You Graduate: The Honor Student Who Conned a Town
Dec 18, 2025•35 min•Ep. 7
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Episode description
In 2012, a Ukrainian man enrolled at a high school in Pennsylvania, pretending to be a teenage prodigy named Asher Potts. He made the honor roll and became a local hero. Until the day police showed up in class and arrested him. The immigrant who scammed his way into the American dream.
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