Fraud, Burglary, Internet Crimes and Orange County Teens

Posted on June 20, 2008
Filed Under Burglary, Felonies, Fraud, Identity Theft, News |

Two teenagers in Orange County have been charged with breaking into their school and hacking into computers in order to alter their grades.  They’re accused of computer fraud, burglary, conspiracy and other charges, all of which could add up to 38 years in prison.

Allegedly, the two teens broke into their school using a stolen master key, hacked into computers using the stolen passwords of their teachers and changed their grades from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s.  They also allegedly downloaded spyware on the computers so that they could network into the computers from home.  They also allegedly changed the grades of 12 other students.

All of these crimes are serious, especially because the grades are considered public record, stealing the passwords of teachers is identity theft and the crimes happened on a school, which is public property.  While these charges are likely first-time offenses, the severity is pretty high.  Burglary, fraud, identity theft, and Internet crimes all carry fines, jail time and other penalties, and that coupled with altering information on state owned computers will dramatically affect these two young men.  These are all major felonies.

Written by Joe M

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