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Cops: 7 arrested in SAT test-taking scheme

The attorney for Sam Eshaghoff, who is accused of accepting money to take the SATs for other high school students, and Nassau County officials discuss Tuesday's arraignments. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Sept. 27, 2011)

Authorities said they have busted an SAT cheating scheme Tuesday at Great Neck North High School in which students paid a recent grad thousands of dollars to assume their identities, take the test and deliver high scores.

Officials identified the bogus test-taker as Sam Eshaghoff of Great Neck. Eshaghoff, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree scheme to defraud, first-degree...

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