After being charged with hacking into their university records and changing their grades, two students could face up to 20 years in prison.
John Escalera, 29, allegedly set up false accounts in the name of the registrar and academic records coordinator in Fresno State's database and changed his grades and that of his friend Gustavo Razo Jr, 28. Both students are now facing charges of wire fraud and identity theft. They have both entered guilty pleas.
The indictment against them read: "In or about the summer of 2003 officials at Fresno State ran a routine audit. "During this routine audit, university officials noticed discrepancies between the two systems in terms of grades. In January 2005, a greater audit was performed by Fresno State based on information received from the first audit." Escalera worked in the Fresno State Information Technology Help Center, a position which gave him access to the university's database.
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