Wang Likun, a 27-year-old learning synthetic intelligence at Kyoto College, was first arrested in Might when he tried to enter a TOEIC (Check of English for Worldwide Communication) venue whereas impersonating one other candidate.
Police reportedly discovered a miniature microphone hidden in his face masks and sensible glasses related to a cell phone, which they think he supposed to make use of to feed solutions to test-takers geared up with wi-fi earpieces.
Wang was arrested once more on Monday on suspicion of utilizing cast identification to pose as one other individual at a distinct examination venue. Police had already linked him to a TOEIC take a look at taken underneath a pseudonym in March, the place he scored 945 out of a potential 990 factors, in line with the Mainichi newspaper.
The Institute for Worldwide Enterprise Communication, which administers the TOEIC examination in Japan, had earlier reported a suspicious surge in excessive scores amongst Chinese language test-takers and obtained complaints of some candidates “murmuring in Chinese language” through the examination.
After being arrested, Wang reportedly instructed police that he had been searching for a part-time job and obtained a web based message in Chinese language saying he could be paid for taking exams for different folks and likewise for speaking with different test-takers on the identical time.
