[pchelpers] News:Student in court for 'hacking' test results

By Chris Ayres in Los Angeles

June 20, 2008 03:06am

IT could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: up to 38
years, say US prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18 year old
with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into
computers to change his test grades from Fs to As.

If convicted on all 69 counts, including altering and stealing public
records, computer fraud, burglary, identity theft, receiving stolen
property and conspiracy, Mr Khan could spend almost four decades in
prison, The Australian reports. 

He was being held on $US50,000 ($53,000) bail and was set to appear in
court today. 

Mr Khan's defence lawyer, Carol Lavacol, described her client as "a
really nice kid". 

More here:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23892611-5012762,00.html
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