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A Harvard University student has been arrested by Federal agents after sending in fake bomb threats so he could get out of his final exam on Monday.
Eldo Kim, 20, of Cambridge, reportedly sent emails with the subject line "bombs placed around campus" to two university officials, university police and the Harvard Crimson, the university's student-run daily newspaper, according to charging documents.
The emails, sent around 8:30 a.m., caused chaos on the Cambridge campus and forced the Ivy League university to cancel finals for the day.
Those buildings were put on lockdown while police scoured the campus for evidence of the bomb threat.
Police found no evidence and the campus lockdown was lifted around 2:50 p.m.
Kim used web applications that shield the sender's real email address, but he sent the letters using the university's wireless Internet.
"KIM stated he chose the word 'shrapnel' because it sounded more dangerous and wrote, '2/4. guess correctly,' so that it would take more time for the Harvard Police Department to clear the area," agents wrote in charging documents.
Kim told federal agents he was at Emerson Hall to take his final exam at 9 a.m. Monday when the fire alarm went off.
"According to KIM, upon hearing the alarm, he knew that his plan had worked," the federal complaint against the student reads.
Cops had already identified Kim as a suspect in the hoax by later Monday evening. He allegedly confessed to the crime.
The alleged hoaxer is a sophomore and a resident of the Quincy House, an undergraduate housing facility on campus, the Harvard Crimson reported.
"We are aware that a member of our community has been arrested in relation to this matter and are saddened by the details alleged in the criminal complaint filed by the United States Attorney's office today," the university told the student newspaper in a statement on Tuesday.
Kim is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
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