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http://www.buzzbaba.com/tri-valley-university-buzz-baba-2011012
Tri-Valley University was 'elaborate fraud scheme,' documents say
by Glenn Wohltmann
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Federal court documents show Susan Xiao-Ping Su, the founder of Tri-Valley
University and owner of two homes in Pleasanton, has been charged with money
laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud.
The university -- apparently operated out of a small, two-story office space
on Boulder Court -- and the two houses were part of a raid last week by
federal officials from ICE, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
division of Homeland Security.
Court documents claim that Su ran an "elaborate fraud scheme" that netted
millions of dollars from foreign nationals who hoped to become legal
immigrants.
Su "made false statements and misrepresentations in petitions to DHS (the
Department of Homeland Security) to obtain student visas from the government
," according to charges filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court in
Oakland. "Su and Tri-Valley University have made millions of dollars in
tuition fees for issuing these visa related documents which enable foreign
nationals (to) obtain illegal student immigrant status."
The document says Su used profits from her scam to buy five properties,
including the two homes in Pleasanton raided by ICE last week -- at 2890
Victoria Ridge Court and 1371 Germano Way.
Although on its website the university claims faculty members from prominent
businesses and other universities, Tri-Valley University was never an
accredited university, according to federal documents.
Doors at Tri-Valley University remain locked, and calls to its single phone
number remain unanswered; black plastic bags shroud the second-story windows
of the office suite.
A search of the school's online catalog -- with a long list of spelling and
grammatical errors -- shows the university claims to offer bachelor's,
master's and doctorate degrees in everything from engineering to law to
medicine.
The college catalog claims the campus "feature a state-of-art library,
faculty-student lodge administrative offices and classrooms (and) research
labs."
The school's catalog, however, shows many of its classes being held in the
same rooms and at the same time.
Questions about the university have been circulating since at least last
September, when a comment was posted on a consumer website that the school
was not accredited.
A message from Su on the Tri-Valley University website says "programs at Tri
-Valley University are designated with the key of integration: integration
of Christian faith with academics, academic principles with industry
practical application, integration of career pursuit with spiritual growth."
A hearing has been set for April.
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Posted by jeat, a resident of another community, 5 hours ago
Was this a bad unaccredited university that was stealing from its students
by overpromising and not delivering on educational content delivery? Who
sends money to an overseas school without checking it out?
Or was this an internet vehicle for knowing, and equally guilty, foreign
students to fraudulently apply for student visas? If Su has made millions
already at this racket, then ICE must have been handing her visas like candy
at halloween. Is it really that easy? Does the government really issue
student visas without checking out the school? How many more millions will
now be spent raiding, prosecuting, and punishing because no one checked this
school out before issuing visas?
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: Feds charge university founder with money laundering, fraud
: http://www.buzzbaba.com/tri-valley-university-buzz-baba-2011012
: Tri-Valley University was 'elaborate fraud scheme,' documents say
: by Glenn Wohltmann
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: Federal court documents show Susan Xiao-Ping Su, the founder of Tri-Valley
: University and owner of two homes in Pleasanton, has been charged with money
: laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud.
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