Wealthy children pass prestigious universities in the United States for forging grades

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It was revealed that the children of wealthy Koreans passed the prestigious American universities by submitting fake high school transcripts. In the process, a domestic admissions broker intervened and attempted to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars of money to an American university official was confirmed. This is the first time that Korean students have been admitted in a similar manner to the controversial American version of Skycastle', which was controversial last year when rich people such as Hollywood stars paid large sums to famous private universities to enroll their children.

Summarizing the results of the report on the 13th, the Seoul Police Agency's Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit unanimously arrested four people, including Mr. Jeong Amugae (31), for enrolling Korean students into prestigious U.S. universities through this method. The police are planning to send them to the prosecution during this month as a prosecution.

Jeong and others are accused of passing at least three of them, including the son A, the president of a domestic small and medium-sized business, to New York University and Columbia University, USA, using forged high school transcripts from 2016 to 2017. In December 2016, Mr. A, who was notified of the acceptance of New York University's Stern School of Management, graduated from high school in the United States, but they submitted a transcript to New York University stating that Mr. A had received excellent grades in three years at a domestic science high school. Mr. Jeong gave a previously leaked US University Admissions Qualification Test (SAT) question to Mr. A to memorize the answer, and he also wrote a university entrance essay (self-introduction).

It is possible that Mr. Jeong attempted to buy an American university official. Mr. Jeong said, "Because I have passed the contributing admission system, I have to make a donation to the university," and asked parents from as little as 150 million won to 900 million won. However, the contributing admission system of American universities is a system that gives additional points for students whose families are alumni of the same university. An official from New York University also said in an e-mail sent to Hankyoreh, "There is no system for receiving donations and giving certificates of acceptance."

In 2016, a director of SAT Academy, who said that he received a partnership offer from Mr. Jeong, said, “(Jeong) said that he could pass the college admissions officers by giving money. We also mentioned specific amounts for each university.” The police are investigating the possibility of actually bribing the university with the money they received from their parents, and the possibility that the parents cheated and shared it with fellow brokers. A police official said, "It is difficult to confirm the details."

Two others, including Mr. A, did not comply with Mr. Chung's financial request and did not enter the university. The remaining one who graduated from an American high school was confirmed to have actually entered Columbia University using a science high school transcript. It is known that Jeong has been working for an entrance examination consulting company since 2014, and has been in charge of US college entrance examinations for the children of senior public officials and owners of large and small businesses. On the 13th, in a phone call with the Hankyoreh, Mr. Jeong denied the facts, saying, "There was no forgery of documents."

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