Chinese national whose son was recruited as a fencer bought coach's home at $400k over listing, donated $100K to his charity and flew 15 NCAA athletes to Asia
Daily Mail
April 5, 2019
A young Harvard hopeful who managed to turn his dream of attending the prestigious Ivy League university into a reality two years ago got some potentially devastating news earlier this week.
The Boston Globe reports that in Jie 'Jack' Zhao purchased the Massachusetts home of Harvard's fencing coach Peter Brand in 2016 for $989,500, despite the fact that he had never seen the property and its assessed value was $549,300. Zhao also made a donation of $1 million to the National Fencing Foundation of Washington DC in 2013, who in turn made a $100,000 donation to Brand's charitable fund the following year.
That was the year Zhao's older son started at Harvard, but he told The Crimson he had been granted early acceptance in late 2013, with both brothers claiming to have no knowledge of their father's dealings with Brand.
That initial donation to the NFF was made however in February 2013, well before the older son even applied to Harvard.
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