Faculty members of a Korean medicine college in Seoul were arrested on allegations of selling confidential lab test data to students preparing dissertations for master’s and Ph.D. degrees, according to police on Tuesday.
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(Courtesy of Yongin Dongbu Police Station) |
The unnamed suspects, a 59-year-old professor and 40-year-old assistant professor, are accused of making illicit proceeds of about 750 million won ($670,000) since 2012 by providing personally analyzed lab results to paying students and approving the submitted results as committee advisers. Their 45 clients were booked without detention.
Police plan to file a request with the Ministry of Education to tighten surveillance against academic scams.
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mkjung@heraldcorp.com)
