Pool / Pool/Getty Images Over 70 cadets at West Point were accused of cheating on a math exam in May 2020. On Friday, the academy released a statement confirming that 51 of those cadets will repeat a year and eight will be expelled. The academy also announced that it will discontinue a program put in place to help protect cadets in violation of the academy's honor code from being kicked out. See more stories on Insider's business page. In what's being called West Point's biggest cheating scandal in decades, 51 cadets will be required to repeat a year and eight have been expelled, academy officials said Friday.Last year, 73 cadets were accused of cheating on a final math exam in May, which was taken remotely because of the pandemic.According to a statement from the academy, of those 73 cadets, six resigned during the investigation, four were acquitted, and two were cleared.