Adult Woman Posed As Teen at New Jersey High School, Befriended & Texted Female Students

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According to New Brunswick Today, Shin attended the school during the week of January 16, and sat in on classes, formed budding friendships with students, and even swapped numbers with some of them. Students interviewed by CBS New York confirmed that Shin was pretending to be a 15-year-old freshman—a move that they thought was “more surprising” and was probably the detail that tipped adults off that something was amiss. Guidance counselors’ suspicions around Shin prompted further investigation of her documents, which led to the discovery of her fraud, HuffPost reported. Shin was charged with using falsified government documents to verify one’s age on Tuesday.

Adult Woman Posed As Teen at New Jersey High School, Befriended & Texted Female Students

Hyejeong Shin, who's actually 29, submitted a phony birth certificate and told students she was 15.

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Adult Woman Posed As Teen at New Jersey High School, Befriended & Texted Female Students

Hyejeong Shin, who's actually 29, submitted a phony birth certificate and told students she was 15.

jezebel.com

There was a well-known incident that occurred in the UK back in the 90s like this, although perhaps I can forgive Americans for not knowing. Someone made a drama or documentary or something about it recently. The guy doesn't appear to have been malign, but there was clearly something a bit wrong with him. And probably still is, tragically.

Man, 30, posed as teen to rejoin school for 2 years - and nobody recognised him

Brian MacKinnon re-enrolled at his alma mater Bearsden Academy in Glasgow, giving him the new identity of Canadian student Brandon Lee and putting on a fake accent to make his background more plausible

www.mirror.co.uk