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NEW YORK - Students and university officials started getting e- mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism.
The messages, it turned out, were a hoax. Prosecutors filed criminal charges, saying a lawyer sent the messages to tarnish the professor, his father's rival.See the full content of this document
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Dead Sea Scrolls Spark Fake E-Mails
The court case has drawn attention to issues both ancient (the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls) and decidedly modern (phony online identities).
On Wednesday, a defense attorney a...See the full content of this document
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