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    Feb242003

    Trial to Start in Federal Prosecution of Exam Cheats

    DateMonday, February 24, 2003 at 1:05PM

    "A trial opening in Camden, N.J., this week will showcase the first use of the federal mail fraud statute to prosecute students for cheating on standardized tests. Hany Al-Hedaithy is one of about 60 Middle Eastern students charged with hiring impostors to take a college entrance test. Al-Hedaithy has moved for discovery on whether he was singled out based on race, since this use of the mail fraud statute appears unprecedented," law.com reports here.

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