We reported before that harvard was looking into this independently but now a federal grand jury is too. the same u.s. attorney who leads the college admissions scam sent a subpoena to a board in massachusetts asking for years of tax documents on a specific party as part of its investigation. let s back up a little bit. in 2016 the property in question was owned by the harvard fencing coach peter brand. he sold it to a man named zhao for almost twice what tax records say it was worth. then brand bought a condo for close to the price zhao paid him for the home. at the time his sons were part of the fencing community. 17 months after buying the house, zhao sold the property at a $300,000 loss. quoted zhao saying he was trying