Police in New Jersey arrested a 29-year-old woman Tuesday for allegedly trying to enroll at a high school with a fake birth certificate. Hyejeong Shin is charged with providing a false government document to the New Brunswick Board of Education, according to a news release by the New Brunswick Police Department. A 29-year-old New Jersey woman fraudulently posed as a high school student for several days after allegedly providing a phony birth certificate, authorities say. https://t.co/KmYiDaBj7I — ABC News (@ABC) January 26, 2023New Jersey requires schools to “immediately enroll all unaccompanied children, even in the absence of records normally required for enrollment,” the news release said. “Proof of guardianship is not necessary to immediately enroll as an unaccompanied child or youth.”Shin allegedly attended New Brunswick High School for four days before officials discovered the documents were fake, according to ABC News.

Source: ABC News January 26, 2023 15:56 UTC