NORTHRIDGE : Students Face Criminal Charges in Exam Cheating
A Cal State Northridge student who has admitted he paid a UCLA national merit scholar $400 to take his exams in an economics class faces a criminal charge and possible expulsion.
Tony H. Lee, 20, is scheduled to appear Tuesday in San Fernando Municipal Court to enter a plea on a charge of falsifying a driver’s license, said CSUN Campus Police Chief Stanley Friedman. The misdemeanor offense carries a penalty of up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Parousia Liu, 20, the UCLA student Lee paid to take the exam, also is due in court that day on the same charge.
Officials said Lee, who allegedly tried to cover up his scheme by supplying Liu with fake identification, also could be expelled from the university.
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