A foreign student admitted to fabricating documents and lying about his life in order to falsely secure a free-ride scholarship after he left a tiny detail on a Reddit post. 19-year-old Aryan Anand was awarded the financial award in order to attend Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

An unnamed bystander in Texas did what Texans often do in January, and used his firearm to stop what appeared to be a violent robbery in progress. Now, police are saying that the "robbery" was in fact staged for the benefit of a fraudulent visa application, but the "robber" is still dead, and the fake "victims" are apparently nowhere to be found.

As reported on The Blaze, focusing on a WSOC TV report, that even in an area like Charlotte, NC, local immigration attorneys, other activist, and members of law enforcement have seen obvious attempts at U visa fraud. Responding to concern about false accusations, DC based feminist activist Leslye Orloff floated the possibility of preventing defense attorneys from even mentioning the possibility of U visa fraud in a trial.