Charges have yet to be filed against Azia Kim, an 18-year-old from Orange County who was caught impersonating a Stanford student in May after living as an impostor on campus for nearly eight months last year.

Kim’s deception brought a media circus to Stanford last May after The Daily reported that she had successfully eluded discovery and posed as a Stanford freshman for nearly the entire year. Kim lived in University dorms, ate meals in the dining halls, enrolled in Santa Clara University’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and even attended classes and took exams, all without being enrolled in the University.

According to Kate Chesley, Associate Director of University Communications, the scandal and ensuing investigation prompted administrators to form a committee to address concerns in relation to residential accountability and communication between residence authorities.

In the meantime, however, there is still the matter of what, if any, repercussions Kim will face for squatting on campus for eight months.

“The University’s internal investigation was completed and forwarded to the vice provost of student affairs,” Chesley said. “It is not a public document and will not be released in totality or in summary. It will remain an internal document only.”

Despite the high profile nature of the case, the University’s progress in filing a criminal case against Kim is unclear. Chesley said the Stanford Police Department concluded its investigation into the case and forwarded it to the office of the District Attorney for Santa Clara County, which handles the University’s criminal court cases. However, Javier Acala, Supervising District Attorney for Palo Alto, said the county DA’s office has yet to receive the case from Stanford Police.

“Our records indicate that nothing has been sent to the DA so far,” said Stanford Police Deputy Chris Cohendet. “I don’t know if there’s follow-up on our end that needs to be completed.”

Cohendet said Kim’s case is still technically open and that no charges have been filed so far. He said that several charges, including fraud and criminal trespassing, could be filed eventually, but that the timeframe for any such charges is unclear.

“It all depends on what’s currently going on [in the department],” Cohendet said. “Typically, cases are forwarded to the DA’s office in a timely manner.”

When the extent of Kim’s deception was revealed toward the end of spring quarter, alumni and parents expressed concern about the campus’ vulnerability to illegal intrusion.

“Essentially, this was a case of ‘the perfect storm’ combining three elements,” Chesley said. “A very bright and resourceful young woman who was highly motivated to be at Stanford; the very trusting, friendly and generous students she deceived; and some gaps in our processes for accounting for students in the residences and communicating internally.”

According to Chesley, the University has been working since the incident to address and fix the problems that allowed Kim to slip through the cracks.