Tax Accountant Test Cheating with Gemini Leaves Court Stunned

A test-taker who stole entire test papers and used AI to extract answers to secure the official English test score required to pass the tax accountant exam has ultimately faced legal punishment.

The Western Division of the Busan District Court sentenced a person surnamed A, who was put on trial on charges of theft and obstruction of business, to six months in prison suspended for one year and ordered 80 hours of community service.

A, who was preparing for the tax accountant examination, devised a meticulous and bold cheating scheme after failing to achieve the threshold score of 65 on the official English test.

A's crimes were repeated twice in March and April at a middle school testing site in Sasang-gu, Busan, taking advantage of moments when the chief test supervisor temporarily left the seat to check proctor assignments on the days of the exams.

Sneaking into an empty classroom, A directly opened an envelope containing preliminary test papers and fled with the papers intact.

The next places A headed to with the test papers in hand were a nearby gas station and convenience store.

A used a mobile phone at the gas station and convenience store to photograph the stolen test papers and inputted them into Google's Gemini to find the answers.

Afterwards, showing extreme boldness, A entered the exam room nonchalantly for the official test with the answers provided by the AI densely written in ballpoint pen on the right palm.

The court pointed out, "The nature of the crime is very poor considering that A's crimes were repeated twice and the method was extremely bold, severely undermining the fairness and reliability of examinations, which center on equal opportunity, and causing deep despondency to well-intentioned competitors."

Reported by Kim Minjeong | Video by Kim Na-on | Graphics by Lee Jung-ju | Produced by SBS Digital News
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