Police Conduct Search and Seizure at Famous Entrance Exam Academy Over 'Suspicious Transactions' Allegations

The police investigating collusion between active teachers with experience in creating questions for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) and mock exams and large private academies have launched a forced investigation into a famous entrance exam academy suspected of trading exam questions.

On the afternoon of the 11th, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) began an on-site investigation of major entrance exam academies Sidae Injae and Megastudy, capturing the scene at Sidae Injae Academy in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the 11th, the Serious Crime Investigation Division of the National Police Agency announced that investigators conducted a search and seizure at the headquarters of the entrance exam academy "Sidae Injae," located in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It is reported that through this search and seizure, materials related to the National Tax Service's tax investigation results, which revealed that more than 100 active teachers had received money for several years from large academies, were secured.

Earlier, the Ministry of Education received reports related to the "private education cartel and corruption," including suspicions that academy instructors paid teachers with experience in creating CSAT and mock exam questions to purchase mock exam questions. Among these, the Ministry of Education requested police investigations for four cases and requested investigations by the Fair Trade Commission for 24 cases. However, the police stated that the search and seizure conducted on this day was a separate investigation unrelated to the Ministry of Education's request.

It is also known that the Fair Trade Commission and the National Tax Service recently sent investigators to large entrance exam academies such as Sidae Injae to secure materials.

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