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11 arrested in widening SAT scandal

Several students and former students turned themselves in to the Nassau County district attorney's office Tuesday to face charges in the widening SAT cheating probe, officials said. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Nov. 22, 2011)

Eleven current and former students of North Shore high schools were arrested Tuesday and face criminal charges for "choosing to scam the system" by cheating on college admission tests, Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice said.

Two more suspects are expected to surrender Monday, Rice spokesman John Byrne said.

The widening investigation found nine more students paid four test takers...

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