Phillip Calderon, the man posing as a Binghamton University student, pleaded not guilty today at Vestal Town Court to third-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and second-degree falsifying business records.
Calderon, 37, who was never a student at BU, was the president of BU’s Off Campus College Council and also held an executive position on the Board of Directors for Off Campus College Transport. He was charged earlier this month with falsifying his date of birth on both his OCCT application and on his federal I-9 form in addition to having an altered BU student ID card.
According to BU officials, they began investigating Calderon when an 18-year-old BU student accused him of sexual assault in September. He was also accused of a similar crime in January 2009.
Before coming to Binghamton, Calderon pleaded guilty to a sex crime in Albany in 2008 and served one month in prison.
According to a report from the Press & Sun-Bulletin, Calderon’s next court date has not been determined.