5月28日，。他们从2011年到2015年在宾夕法尼亚州西部涉嫌经营和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。路透社称，这15名被告中国学生的年龄在19-26岁之间，并居住在美国不同地区——弗吉尼亚州、波士顿及马萨诸塞州等美国大学林立的区域。
、TOEFL考试及GRE考试，受益者可以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学生签证要求中造假。
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。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。这15名被告学生有可能被判刑20年监禁、25万美元的罚款，除此之外，他们还将因共谋罪而获刑5年。
（http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32921737）
The US Department of Justice has charged 15 Chinese nationals with developing a scheme to have imposters take university entrance exams.
Prosecutors said suspects used fake passports to trick administrators into allowing people other than legitimate test takers to sit the exams.
The scheme took place between 2011 and 2015 mostly in western Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Those charged could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
The defendants, both male and female, range in age from 19 to 26, and are currently living in several cities - including Blacksburg, Virginia, and Boston, Massachusetts - where major universities are located, the Reuters news agency reported.
The counterfeit test takers sat for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) - a major university entrance exam in the US - as well as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (Toefl) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Justice Department said.
The SAT is a major university entrance exam in the US.
The scheme's beneficiaries "fraudulently obtained admissions to American institutions of higher education," said US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania David Hickton.
The prosecutor said that the students also cheated student visa requirements by using counterfeit Chinese passports.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reportedthat 24-year-old Siyuan Zhao, who resides in Massachusetts, has been detained. Han Tong, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who is considered the primary defendant, and 10 others will receive an order to appear in court.
The newspaper reports that three others are currently in China, and their names have been redacted from court documents.
Special Agent in Charge John Kelleghan for Homeland Security Investigations of Philadelphia said: "These students were not only cheating their way into the university, they were also cheating their way through our nation's immigration system".
The defendants could face up to 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 (£163,000) or both for each of the wire and mail fraud counts they face. Additionally, they face five years on top that for the conspiracy charges.
