High school student faces 38 years in prison for hacking grades

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Las Flores (CA) – 18-year-old Omar Khan should be graduating from high school this week, but instead he faces more than 38 years in prison for hacking into school computers. School officials at the Tesoro High School in Las Flores California allege that Khan changed grades and his Advanced Placement test scores. Khan is also alleged to have installed a remote access program onto school servers. In all, Khan is charged with 69 felonies.

Khan apparently broke into school computers multiple times from January through May using a stolen login. He changed his C, D and F grades into As. He also altered the grades of 12 other students. School officials allege that Khan also emailed copies of tests and answer keys to his friends. Khan was caught after he requested an official school transcript for a university he was applying for.

While you may think 38 years in prison is a bit much for hacking into computers, Khan also reportedly did other crimes. After he was caught cheating on an English exam in April, he is alleged to have broke into an assistant principal’s office in order to steal back the test.

Khan currently sits in jail and will be arraigned later this week. Perhaps his parents are teaching him a harsh lesson by not putting up the $50000 bail money. Khan’s friend Tanvir Singh has also been charged in the break-ins, but he faces a relatively minor three years in prison.

Here is the list of charges against Khan

34 felony counts of altering public record
11 felony counts of stealing and secreting public records
7 felony counts of illegal computer access and fraud
6 felony counts of burglary
4 felony counts of identity theft
3 felony counts of altering book of records
2 felony counts of receiving stolen property
1 felony count of conspiracy
1 felony count of attempting altering of a public record

Dunno why he didn't think of the consequences before committing the crimes. 38 Years has ruined half his life.

this gut is tough

i dont think he will be prisoned for 38 years.....if money matters he'll be done with 1 or 2 years

California na. India mein toh students itni mehnatt bhi nahi karengey. Aur karengey toh bhi kisike baap ko malum padega kya hua :lol:

so kid will come out at the age of 56.Hmmm...pretty long

Imagine comming out of school aged 56 :lol:

They should give him at least half the sentence if not more; a deterrent is in order.

they shud give him a job as network admin in the school

xbonez said:
they shud give him a job as network admin in the school

Do you make a bank robber head of security?

no, but u shud....coz he'll know the loopholes

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he will b soon hired by companies ........ & he has guts 2 do it .......

When he comes out after 38 years he can be a history professor, thats all. All his so called hacking he does now will be so outdated at that time.

this is too harsh man!! c'mon 38 years just for hacking into a school's network!! he should be awarded man....not sent to jail....and those americans cry that they are losing all talent!!