CA - Omar Khan worked the school like it was a movie, installing spyware, stealing passwords and breaking into administrator offices.A former Tesoro High School senior was convicted Monday of breaking into his high school on multiple occasions to steal advanced placement (AP) tests from classrooms, alter test scores and change official college transcript grades.
Omar Shahid Khan, 21, of Coto de Caza, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of commercial burglary and one felony count each of altering public records, stealing or removing public records, and attempting to steal or remove public records. He is expected to be sentenced Aug. 26 to 30 days in jail, three years of probation, 500 hours of community service and more than $14,900 in restitution. A subsequent search by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department revealed that Khan had installed spyware devices on the computers of several teachers and school administrators throughout his senior year, according to the D.A. The devices were used to obtain passwords to access teacher computers in classrooms and school administrative offices. (more)
