Academe Gets Curioser and Curioser

Candace de Russy

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  • February 23, 2010

A former University of Buffalo scientific researcher, William Fals-Stewart, has been accused of using actors -- yes, hired, scripted actors -- as part of a painstaking plan to win acquittal in a misconduct hearing led by State University of New York officials. And, by golly, he nearly got away with it! Read on about the saga of Fals-Stewart, who has now been arrested and charged with felony crimes, including the fraudulent use of thespians whose lines are said to have been filled with inaccuracies about his research.

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