US military school West Point rocked by cheating scandal World December 23, 2020 America’s prestigious military school West Point has been shaken by its biggest cheating scandal in decades, with dozens of cadets accused of breaking the academy’s honor code in the spring. "A cadet will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do," reads the code of the elite school, situated 60 miles (95 kilometers) north of New York City on the banks of the Hudson River. But in May more than 70 students were accused of cheating on their final calculus exam while learning remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic after teachers found irregularities in their answers, officials said. Following an investigation, two cases were dropped due to lack of evidence and four cadets resigned from West Point.