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Liverpool Fraudster Gets Three Years for £300K Scheme

6/17/2026

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Shahid Adnan received a three-year prison term for impersonating students to sit exams and submit assignments at Liverpool John Moores University.
A February 2023 USB tip led Dr Tom Berry to expose a fraud that earned about £300,000 by providing completed coursework to 120 students.
Investigators seized Study Sharp Ltd spreadsheets with student login details that revealed £2.4 million in bank accounts and Audi and BMW vehicles.

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Shahid Adnan received a three-year prison term for impersonating students to sit exams and submit assignments at Liverpool John Moores University.
A February 2023 USB tip led Dr Tom Berry to expose a fraud that earned about £300,000 by providing completed coursework to 120 students.
Investigators seized Study Sharp Ltd spreadsheets with student login details that revealed £2.4 million in bank accounts and Audi and BMW vehicles.