Teens fined for eavesdropping on teachers

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A pair of Stockholm teenagers were fined $270 each for attempting to listen in on teachers discussing grades using bugging equipment.

Stockholm District Court heard the middle school students, who were described as in their mid-teens, found a key to the staff common room of their middle school and planted bugging equipment they purchased from a gadget shop, Swedish News Agency TT reported Monday.

Prosecutors said the girls were planning to listen in on a meeting the following day where teachers would be deciding grades.

Authorities said the teenagers' plot was revealed when one of them detailed the plan on Facebook. The court convicted them of trespass and arbitrary conduct. They were each fined $270.