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Overachiever Gets Jail for Stealing Tests, Hacking Faculty's Computers

By Tori RichardsMar 22nd 2011 – 4:15PM
Orange County District Attorney

Orange County District Attorney

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A former high school student seeking admission to top-tier colleges will spend 30 days in jail for a series of school break-ins to steal tests, alter his grades and place spyware on administrators' computers to learn passwords. Omar Shahid Khan, 21, was charged with 69 felonies and faced a maximum of...

NASCAR Penalizes Cup Team, Suspends Crew Chief Indefinitely

By Holly CainNov 4th 2010 – 9:43PM

Three crew members from the No. 46 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team have been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for major violations found in opening day inspection at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway last weekend. Crew chief Thomas Tucker, car chief Richard Boga and team manager Tony Furr -- a veteran Cup Series team member --...

Opinions Mixed Inside FBI Over Test Cheating Scandal

By Allan LengelAug 10th 2010 – 5:00PM
Cliff Owen, AP

Cliff Owen, AP

WASHINGTON (Aug. 10) -- To cheat or not to cheat on an open-book exam. That is no longer an issue among FBI agents around the country now that the test is long over. Now the question is, should those who did cheat on the FBI exam last year -- and they could number in the hundreds -- be punished? Opinions inside the bureau...

US College Shuts Asian Schools Over Cheating

By John O. MembrinoJul 26th 2010 – 10:52AM
Wikipedia

Wikipedia

(July 26) -- A New Jersey college is shutting down its business schools in China and Taiwan after finding what it called "widespread" cheating among students, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Centenary College in Hackettstown is withholding master's degrees from some 400 students at its campuses in Beijing, Shanghai...

Cheating News From the Web

  • 05/24/12 Resignation over TAF 'the right thing': Fonterra... Source: Scoop Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden has welcomed the resignation of the chairman of the watchdog Shareholders' Council, saying Simon Couper had "done the right thing by the cooperative."
  • 05/19/12 Vishuddh Operation should be taken effectively: P... Source: The Pioneer The action of taking samples of foodgrains and other products under the operation 'Vishuddh' should be taken effectively and continuously.
  • 05/17/12 Millions paid to 2008 mi… Source: People's Daily As of the end of 2011, more than 12 million yuan ($1.9 million) in compensation has been paid to children poisoned by milk contaminated with melamine, insurance company China Life announced on its website on Monday.
  • 05/17/12 Cat survives shooting in St Albans Source: BBC Beds Herts and Bucks POLICE are still seeking information after a cat was recently shot in the back by a high powered rifle in St Albans.
  • 05/17/12 Cheat Eats: China's Food Safety Source: Caijin Magazine When the cops raided a dozen grimy Zhejiang workshops in late March, they expected to find "gutter oil", a toxic cooking product made from recycled restaurant waste that plagues many low-end Chinese eateries.

Background on Cheating

Cheating refers to an immoral way of achieving a goal. It is generally used for the breaking of rules to gain advantage in a competitive situation.

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