Student Faces 38 Years In Jail For Hacking His Grades

A California teen faces up to 38 years in jail for hacking into school computers and changing his grades so he could improve his chances of getting into college.

The 18-year-old teen, Omar Khan, has been charged with 69 felony counts including 34 for altering a public record, 11 for stealing a public record and seven for illegal computer access and fraud.

Khan is a seniors at Tesoro High School. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus says Khan hacked into his school facilities on numerous occasions between January and May to access school computers and change his grades.

He has been charged with changing current grades from advanced placement tests as well as grades from past semesters. He apparently changed Fs and Ds to As and though most of the time he only changed his own grades, he also altered the permanent transcripts of at least 12 other students at the school.

His actions were discovered when he went to obtain an official transcript of his grades and school officials noted a discrepancy.

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