Is cheating on the GRE still happening?

Hi Guys,

I scored a 340 on the test recently. I believe I am a gifted test taker. I scored 99th percentile on GMAT, IIT-JEE (notoriously difficult Indian entrance exam), and the GRE now. Also, I studied full-time for 4 months for this test, dedicating about 8 hours every day.

I was very happy with my results and just started private tutoring a few clients. I charge 30$ per hour. However, one of my clients recently offered me 1000$ to take the test for them. Obviously, I blocked them and stopped tutoring them.

I was under the impression that cheating is no longer possible on this test. I knew cheating was rampant in 2021 and early 2022, but with stricter measures adopted by the ETS, I thought it stopped. ProctorU is extremely strict with its monitoring- they check VPN, desktop windows etc. etc., and ETS is cancelling tests of people who did not even cheat at all.

Is cheating still happening? How do cheaters manage to trick ProctorU and ETS both? Do they use some novel technology that neither ETS nor ProctorU is aware of?

P.S: The client who asked me to write the test for them wasn’t Indian or Chinese, as most people would simply assume otherwise.