February 07 2020
Two Iranian students in India have accused an Indian Muslim man of defrauding them of $13,000, which they paid him on his promise that he could get them into a doctoral program at the Patil College of Pharmacy in Pune, India.
The Iranians, who were not named by the Pune Mirror, said Shoyeb Reza Niyaz Haider Seyed told them he could guarantee their admission. Both Iranians had already graduated from the undergraduate pharmacy program at the college.
One of the students said the man had told her the money would be donated to the college to arrange her admission, in what appeared to be something of a copy of the admission frauds recently exposed in the United States. However, in this case, it appears the fraudster had no connection with the university.
When the Indian refused to return the money, the Iranians went to court where the judge said the Iranians had clearly been defrauded and ordered the police to take action.
Pune is a major university city in India that has become the center for Iranians going to India for their educations.