A former Florida A&M University student was sentenced Monday to 22 months in prison in a case involving unauthorized changes to grades and other student records at the university, the Tallahassee Democrat reported, citing information from the U.S. attorney’s office.The former student, Lawrence Secrease, pleaded guilty to charges that included aggravated identity theft, unauthorized access of a protected computer, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his part in a scheme that involved grade changes for about 90 students, prosecutors said. Mr. Secrease and two co-defendants also changed the residency status for some out-of-state students to in-state, reducing tuition revenue to the university by thousands of dollars, the prosecutors said.
One co-defendant, Christopher Jacquette, also pleaded guilty and received the same sentence as Mr. Secrease last month, the newspaper reported. A third defendant, Marcus Barrington, was convicted at a trial in March and is scheduled to be sentenced next month. —Charles Huckabee
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