New York, NY – Two former college students avoided jail when they pleaded guilty to a charge related to paying school officials to falsify their grades and transcripts.
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Uzi Azizov, 22, and Boris Yakubov, 25, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor state charge of falsifying business records. Each was sentenced to seven days of community service and fined $1,000.
Thye both admitted that they paid a Touro official to change their grades and falsify their records.
The two were among 10 people indicted by a grand jury in a scheme to use the city college's computer system to change grades and create fake degrees in exchange for money.
The defendants included Touro's former director of admissions, the former director of the school's computer center and three public school teachers.
They created or altered records for at least 50 people, charging fees of $3,000 to $25,000 for better or deleted grades and for bachelor's and master's degrees. Cases involving those defendants are pending. [AP]