Three Ghanaian students who are charged with fabricating high school transcripts to get into Lehigh University were present in court for a preliminary hearing on October 8, 2024.

Evans Oppong, Henry Dabuo, and Otis Opoku, the former students, are being jailed at Northampton County Prison on allegations of forgery and theft of services.

On September 9, the Lehigh University Police Department took into custody the three individuals as well as Cyrilstan Nomobon Sowah-Nai, a fourth student from Ghana.

The date of Sowah-Nai's hearing is set for October 15.