(LEAD) Top scorer in tax accountant exam turns himself in over AI-assisted cheating

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(ATTN: UPDATES with admission of cheating on another exam) SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- Th...

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- The top scorer in this year's certified tax accountant exam admitted Sunday to cheating in both rounds of the test using a miniature camera, a smartphone and generative artificial intelligence (AI) and said he had turned himself in to police.

The case is the latest in a series of AI-assisted cheating incidents in South Korea, where test-takers have recently been caught using AI glasses in university entrance exams and middle and high school tests.

The man, whose name has not been disclosed, made the admission on a lawyer's YouTube channel after the unusually high scores he revealed in a recent media interview sparked suspicions of cheating in online communities.

He also said he had used the same method to cheat on a certified public accountant exam.

The man reportedly ranked first overall in the certified tax accountant exam. In the first round in April, he missed only one out of 160 questions, earning 397.5 points out of a possible 400. He scored 192 and 190 in the two accounting subjects and 114 and 167 in the two tax law subjects in the second round in July.

"I cheated by taking pictures of the questions with a miniature camera, sending them to AI, and checking the answers on a smartphone," the man said on the YouTube channel. "I wrote down everything I did in a statement of voluntary surrender and submitted it to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency."

Police said they received the statement and vowed to conduct a swift and thorough investigation in line with procedures.

The Ministry of Finance and Economy said it plans to move quickly to suspend the validity of his certificate confirming that he passed the exam.

Under the law, a person found to have cheated can have the exam invalidated and be barred from taking it for five years from the date the sanction is imposed.

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