Weston Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud In Student Recruitment Scheme

WESTON, MA — A Weston man was sentenced in connection with a scheme to defraud private high schools and international students of millions of dollars in tuition and other fees.

Keenam “Kason” Park, 59, of Weston, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay at least $5,192,330. In August 2020, Park pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.

As part of the scheme, Park caused EduBoston to collect tuition and other payments from students’ families for the 2019-2020 academic year but failed to remit tuition payments to partnering schools, according to the Department of Justice.

Instead, Park used the funds on unrelated expenses, including personal expenses. Park also caused EduBoston to collect advance tuition and other payments for the 2020-2021 academic year, which Park failed to return to the students’ families after EduBoston went out of business around September 2019. As a result, EduBoston owes over $5 million to partnering schools and students’ families.