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21-year-old posed as high school senior in Michigan in elaborate prep football identity scam | Prep Rally - Yahoo! Sports

From the blog Prep Rally: Each year there are a handful of troubling transfer stories, with players who parachute into a new school for athletic benefit rather than academic enhancement. Some are stopped by state authorities for technical reasons while others are technically legitimate and can even change the dynamic of a region's competition. Still, none of those transfers, not even the most troubling, can compare with the story of Javier Jones of Mount Pleasant (Mich.) High, for a simple reason: Javier Jones never even existed. That's not to say that there wasn't a person wearing a football jersey and competing as a human being named Javier Jones. It's simply a case of that aforementioned player being a 21-year-old named James Nash, masquerading as a high school senior to try and tap back into one last rush of glory. Continue reading →