I think it's pretty fair to say that college is one of the most difficult things anyone can do. It's years and years of grueling work — full of passion, of course, but it's a lot of difficult critical thinking work.
That means that some students really do feel the crunch. So, they end up asking someone to cheat for them. And, to be fair, it seems to be quite the lucrative business — at least looking at this wild case.
As reported by Dexerto, an Amazon driver in the UK was jailed for helping students cheat in their exams. And after he was caught, they found over $3,000,000 in his accounts that he had previously not declared. Authorities at the Liverpool Crown Court sentenced him to three years in prison on June 17th.
The man was identified as 43-year-old Shahid Adnan. The three charges he was found guilty of were fraud, money laundering, and a hacking offence.
The Amazon Flex delivery driver also ran a tutoring company called Stay Sharp LTD. Prosecutors said he would log in to students' accounts and take online exams for them at Liverpool John Moores University.
The investigation also revealed that one example of him helping a student to cheat netted him around $337. He had even made an Excel spreadsheet with the login details and coursework deadlines of students.
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The Amazon Driver Also Had Millions in Undeclared Funds
When investigators looked into the finances of Adnan, they also found some pretty wild stuff. They found hunks of cash tucked away in bank accounts that they had not declared to authorities.
In total, he had roughly $3,000,000. These included around $2,000,000 in Barclays Bank, around $810,000 in a personal loans account, and around $331,000 in a Lloyds business account.
While he had loads of money in traditional banks, he also ended up having around $149,000 in his PayPal account.
However, it's not fully clear how he gained this amount of money. But the Crown Prosecution Service said Adnan made over $400,000 through the cheating scandal.
Liverpool John Moores University released a statement about the incident. While they didn't go into detail about specific incidents, they did say it "takes all forms of academic dishonesty very seriously."
They added, "We expect all students to conduct themselves appropriately and in accordance with the ethical values of an academic community."
