I'm not sure what to tag this question as, and I don't know if it should be on https://law.stackexchange.com  .

If there is someone being investigated for academic misconduct:

• accused of taking photos of tests and sharing it online, which is explicitly disallowed by the professor
• and during that investigation, there is no evidence of the tests on the person's cell/camera,
• but there is evidence of other crimes (completely unrelated to the university) on their cell/camera (eg. video of this person bullying a child),

can the university/investigators take any action?

I think no, because the investigators were only to investigate academic misconduct and nothing else. But also yes, because they have evidence of improper behaviour.

I'm not sure what to tag this question as, and I don't know if it should be on Law.SE.

If someone is being investigated for academic misconduct:

• accused of taking photos of tests and sharing it online, which is explicitly disallowed by the professor
• and during that investigation, there is no evidence of the tests on the person's cell/camera,
• but there is evidence of other crimes (completely unrelated to the university) on their cell/camera (e.g., video of this person bullying a child),

can the university/investigators take any action?

I think no, because the investigators were only to investigate academic misconduct and nothing else. But also yes, because they have evidence of improper behaviour.

I'm not sure what to tag this question as, and I don't know if it should be on https://law.stackexchange.com

If there is someone being investigated for academic misconduct
(eg. accused of taking photos of tests and sharing it online - explicitly disallowed by the professor)

and during that investigation, there is no evidence of the tests on the person's cell/camera,

but there is evidence of other crimes (completely unrelated to the university) on their cell/camera (eg. video of this person bullying a child),

can the university/investigators take any action?

I think no because the investigators were only to investigate academic misconduct and nothing else
but also yes because they have evidence of improper behaviour

I'm not sure what to tag this question as, and I don't know if it should be on https://law.stackexchange.com .

If there is someone being investigated for academic misconduct:

• accused of taking photos of tests and sharing it online, which is explicitly disallowed by the professor
• and during that investigation, there is no evidence of the tests on the person's cell/camera,
• but there is evidence of other crimes (completely unrelated to the university) on their cell/camera (eg. video of this person bullying a child),

can the university/investigators take any action?

I think no, because the investigators were only to investigate academic misconduct and nothing else. But also yes, because they have evidence of improper behaviour.