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Mini camera, AI and smartphone: How tax exam top scorer says he cheated under two proctors’ noses

Verified: 9 outlets in 7 countries have reported this story since Nov 15, 2 of them from South Korea.

📍 Seoul, South Korea, KR·🕐 31m ago·9 outlets

The top scorer in this year's tax accountant qualification exam in South Korea, who has admitted to cheating, revealed that he used a combination of a miniature camera, a generative AI model and a smartphone to obtain answers during the test. Han Won-seok, 34, revealed the cheating method in a video posted on the YouTube channel of his attorney, Lee Don-ho, in which he acknowledged his misconduct and apologized for his actions. According to Han, he photographed exam questions using a miniature c

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The story so far · 13 reports · · 7 countries✓ Verified Nov 15, 3:25 AM UTC

2 outlets from South Korea, where the story is: Yonhap, The Korea Herald · how we count

Nov 15, 2:01 AM UTCFirst report
Tax accountant exam's top scorer admits to AI-assisted cheating koreaherald.com ↗
Nov 15, 3:24 AM UTC+1 h
Top tax accountant exam scorer in South Korea admits to using AI to cheat scmp.com ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 15, 3:25 AM UTC · +1 h
Nov 15, 4:28 AM UTC+2 h
Top scorer in tax accountant exam turns himself in over AI-assisted cheating en.yna.co.kr ↗
Nov 15, 7:31 AM UTC+5 h
South Korea probes top exam scorer after AI cheating confession japantimes.co.jp ↗
Nov 15, 8:27 AM UTC+6 h
Top South Korean exam scorer admits using AI to cheat punchng.com ↗
Nov 15, 8:29 AM UTC+6 h
(3rd LD) Top scorer in tax accountant exam turns himself in over AI-assisted cheating en.yna.co.kr (again) ↗
Nov 15, 8:34 AM UTC+7 h· you’re reading this
Mini camera, AI and smartphone: How tax exam top scorer says he cheated under two proctors’ noseskoreaherald.com (again) ↗

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