Police have arrested a Harvard University sophomore who they say emailed a bomb threat to campus authorities on Monday to avoid taking a final exam.
Psychology major Eldo Kim, 20, could spend up to five years in jail and face a $250,000 fine for the stunt if found guilty.
The Harvard Crimson reports Kim used Guerrilla Mail, “a free online application that generates temporary anonymous email addresses.”
“Additionally, Kim used a free application called TOR, which generates a random anonymous IP address for temporary use that is difficult for law enforcement to trace,” the Crimson reports. “According to the affidavit, authorities were able to determine that Kim had accessed TOR on the Harvard network before sending the email.”
“The threats prompted the evacuation of all four buildings shortly after 9 a.m. and led to the cancellation of several morning final examinations, as well as afternoon exams scheduled to take place in the Science Center.”
Harvard Law School professor Alan M. Dershowitz told the Crimson Kim’s best defense would be “a psychiatric one, ‘that he kind of just cracked.'”
In 2009, Kim’s essay, “Cultural Genocide: A Look into the Unknown,” was the 1st place winner for the state of Washington in the U.S. Institute of Peace essay contest, according to the Crimson, which also interviewed friends who called Kim bright and voiced surprise at the allegations.
Said one friend: “(It’s) pretty surprising to hear that (Kim) went to such great lengths to avoid a final that he probably would have done well on anyway.”
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