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Instead of learning and working harder, two high school
seniors took the easy road and hacked their school computers in order to change
their grades. Their ultimate goal was to increase their chances of getting into
college.
Omar Khan, 18 and Tanvir Singh, 18,
were supposed to graduate from Tesoro High School in Mission Viejo
on Tuesday, but they were arrested and charged with conspiracy, burglary, computer
access and fraud and attempted altering of a public record. What were they
thinking? They didn’t learn in high school but they wanted to get into collage
to do what? Party?
According to the San Francisco
Chronicle, this wasn’t the first time the two Orange County
teens have broken into school. Apparently, Khan made a habit of breaking into
school after hours. He used to change his Cs and Fs into As. I guess he thought
highly of himself. He allegedly changed the grades of 12 other students. What a
good friend!
Singh and Khan also thought that it
would be easy to steal a test than actually study for the exam.
Orange County
district attorney spokeswoman Susan Schroeder said that Khan was charged with
69 felony counts of altering and stealing public records, computer fraud,
burglary, identify theft and receiving stolen property and conspiracy. If he
gets convicted of all counts he could face up to 38 years in jail. Khan’s bail
was set to $50,000.
His classmate Singh was charged with
just one count of each felony. He has to turn himself Wednesday.
Beverly De Nicola, spokeswoman for the Capistrano Unified
School District said that
that the school district was not confronted before with this kind of situation
and they were helping authorities with the investigation.
“We're really sad and disappointed that the charges have
been filed against these students,” said De Nicola, according to The Los
Angeles Times.
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