Trail of lies and deceit

and health sciences, said the university was ‘‘extremely concerned to discover that a person who applied for entry into the medical programme in 2010 and was unsuccessful has since been attending classes’’.

Because of the size of the medical class and by not submitting assessments or sitting tests, the individual was able to deceive classmates and teachers, Fraser said.

‘‘Ultimately the presence of this person was detected when an assignment was submitted that did not match any name on the class list.

‘‘This individual is not a student and is not on any class list. This person has not been given any confidential or restricted training material and has not, to our knowledge, ever been able to examine any patients or received confidential patient information.’’

Fraser said at the time it was the first instance in the 43-year history of the medical school.

In 2010, Auckland University associate professor Warwick Bagg said the man had scammed his way into the course after failing to get in.

‘‘Students at the university practice on each other which is an issue. They’re not very happy about the situation – they gave consent.’’

Bagg said the man and his family were in great distress following the public outing and staff were concerned for his well-being. His family had not known he was not officially enrolled in his course.