美国司法部5月28日指控了15名“聘请他人替考”的中国公民，从2011年到2015年在宾夕法尼亚州西部，他们涉嫌组织冒名顶替者去参加美国大学入学考试，指控者声称疑犯使用了伪造的护照迷惑监考负责人。此前，这些中国公民被美宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡地区联邦大陪审团裁定犯有“合谋、伪造外国护照、邮件诈骗和电信诈骗”等35项罪名，最高可能被判处20年徒刑和25万美元罚款。
路透社称，这15名被告中国学生的年龄在19-26岁之间，并居住在不同的美国大城市——弗吉尼亚州、波士顿及马萨诸塞州等美国大学林立的区域。
冒名顶替所涉及的考试包括SAT考试(美国大学入学考试)，TOEFL考试及GRE考试，受益者通过这种欺骗性的手段来获取美国高等教育机构的录取，宾夕法尼亚州西部的联邦检察官还指控这些学生使用了伪造的护照在美国F1学生签证申请中造假。
目前在麻萨诸塞州的Siyuan Zhao(24岁)已被警方拘留。主要被告人，来自匹兹堡的Han Tong(24岁)及其他10人将被要求出庭，还有其他三人目前在中国，真实姓名被隐去。被起诉的中国人包括：Han Tong, Xi Fu, Xiaojin Guo, Yudong Zhang, Yue Zou, Biyuan Li aka “Jack Li,” Jia Song, Ning Wei, Gong Zhang, Songling Peng, Siyuan Zhao and Yunlin Sun 等12人，其他三人信息不详。费城国土安全调查局的案件负责特工指出，这些学生通过欺诈的手段不仅进入了美国大学，还通过了美国的移民体制。如果罪名成立，这15名被告学生将面临邮件欺诈和和电汇诈骗罪最高20年监禁，伪造罪最高10年监禁、共谋罪最高5年监禁，以及25万美金的罚款。
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英文原文：
U.S. charges fifteen Chinese nationals in SAT fraud scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifteen Chinese nationals living in the United States have been charged with developing a fraud scheme in which impostors took college entrance exams including the SAT, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Conspirators used counterfeit Chinese passports to trick test administrators into thinking they were the person who would benefit from the test score, a federal grand jury charged.
Between 2011 and 2015, mainly in western Pennsylvania, the test takers recorded scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Test of English as a Foreign (TOEFL) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), which were used to gain entrance to graduate school under false names, according to the Justice Department statement.
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania David Hickton said the beneficiaries secured "fraudulently obtained admissions to American institutions of higher education."
Hickton said the students also cheated student visa requirements by using counterfeit Chinese passports.
"These students were not only cheating their way into the university, they were also cheating their way through our nation’s immigration system," said Special Agent in Charge John Kelleghan for Homeland Security Investigations of Philadelphia.
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both for each count of wire and mail fraud. Conspiracy charges carry an additional five year maximum sentence.
