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Gangs make millions helping Indians cheat on exams

Gangs make millions helping Indians cheat on exams
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The Wall Street Journal
By Vibhuti AgarwalEarlier this year, hundreds of students were bused in for an overnight stay at the Nature Valley Resort, a mid-budget hotel just outside India’s capital, New Delhi.There wasn’t much partying or communing with nature. Instead, the students pored over an exam paper that they had each paid about US$15,000 (NZ$24,450) to US$20,000 to have an advance peek at.Now, many of the people who planned and hosted that cheating holiday have been arrested. Police have filed a 900-page indictment against at least half a dozen...

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