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A Japanese teenager is accused of using high-tech glasses to cheat on a university entrance exam.
Key Point:
The 18-year-old university applicant took the entrance exam for Waseda University in Tokyo in February.
The questions were allegedly filmed using smart glasses equipped with cameras.
Ahead of the exam, he allegedly paid people online to be “tutors” and tasked them with answering questions that were eventually sent to them.
Waseda University filed criminal charges in hopes of deterring future misconduct.
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The person who allegedly cheated was a third-year high school student in Tokyo who took the entrance exam for Waseda University's School of Creative Science and Engineering on February 16.
During another examination at the Faculty of Commerce on February 21, an employee reportedly noticed a small camera in the frame of his glasses. The university then contacted local authorities to report the incident.
The student allegedly asked X number of users for help during the exam in exchange for several thousand yen each.
Police said the student wore glasses and sent the images to a smartphone he kept in his pocket, secretly sending them to his “tutor.”
The student was referred to prosecutors on Thursday on suspicion of interfering with the business of a private university.
Waseda University said the person providing the answers did not know they were answering actual exam questions.
Although the boy was not admitted to university, he reportedly expressed remorse and admitted his actions were “worse than cheating.”
What's next:
Local prosecutors will determine possible charges. Waseda University said it would “take strict measures” to maintain a fair testing environment.
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