中國學生爆替考醜聞 被美國起訴
BOSTON — Fifteen Chinese nationals have been accused of cheating the college entrance examination system with a scheme that involved fake passports and test-taking impostors, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday.
波士頓——週四公佈的一份聯邦起訴書顯示，15名中國公民被控在大學入學考試體系中作弊。其作弊計劃中涉及假造護照和代人替考。The 35-count indictment, which was returned on May 21 in the Western District of Pennsylvania, sketches out a complex scheme in which certain individuals are accused of paying impostors using fake Chinese passports to take college entrance exams, mostly at testing sites in the Pittsburgh area, including the SAT and the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or Toefl, in the hope of using them to gain admission to American colleges.
賓夕法尼亞州西區聯邦檢察官5月21日提出的35項指控描述了一個複雜的計劃，涉案的某些人員被控花錢僱傭他人在大學入學考試中替考，希望通過這些成績取得美國大學的入學資格。替考者持僞造的中國護照，參加學術能力評估測試（Scholastic Assessment Test，簡稱SAT）、“託福”英語考試（Test of English as a Foreign Language，簡稱Toefl）等大學入學考試，這種情況主要發生在匹茲堡地區的考場。
David J. Hickton, the United States attorney for the District of Western Pennsylvania, said some of the defendants were admitted to universities around the country, which would have helped them qualify for student visas necessary for entrance into the country. “If they are in fact not supposed to be students of the American college because their admission was fraudulently obtained, then their visa has been fraudulently obtained as well,” Mr. Hickton said in an interview.
賓夕法尼亞州西區的聯邦檢察官戴維·希克頓(David Hickton)稱，有些被告人已被全國各地的大學錄取，於是他們有了獲得進入美國所需要的學生簽證的資格。希克頓在採訪中表示，“如果說他們通過欺騙手段而被學校錄取，那麼實際上，他們本不應該成爲美國大學的學生，所以他們的簽證也是通過欺騙手段獲得的。”
The people charged paid nearly $6,000 in some cases, the indictment said.
起訴書稱，在一些案件中，被告支付了將近6000美元（約合3.7萬元人民幣）。The charges include conspiracy, counterfeiting foreign passports, wire fraud and mail fraud.
他們的罪名包括合謀、僞造外國護照、電信欺詐和郵件欺詐。Only 12 of the accused were named. Ten reside in the United States and two in China. Mr. Hickton said he hoped that Chinese officials would cooperate with his office.
被告中只有12人的姓名被公佈。其中10人住在美國，2人住在中國。希克頓說，他希望中國官方會與他的辦公室展開合作。
