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Official press release by the Justice Department:

Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
District of Massachusetts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Arrests Made in Nationwide College Admissions Scam: Alleged Exam Cheating & Athletic Recruitment Scheme
Defendants include CEOs, actresses, university athletic coaches, and college exam administrators
BOSTON – Dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits were arrested by federal agents in multiple states this morning and charged in federal court in Boston. Athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, USC, Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated, as well as parents and exam administrators.

William “Rick” Singer, 58, of Newport Beach, Calif., was charged with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Singer owned and operated the Edge College & Career Network LLC (“The Key”) – a for-profit college counseling and preparation business – and served as the CEO of the Key Worldwide Foundation (KWF) – a non-profit corporation that he established as a purported charity.

Between approximately 2011 and February 2019, Singer allegedly conspired with dozens of parents, athletic coaches, a university athletics administrator, and others, to use bribery and other forms of fraud to secure the admission of students to colleges and universities including Yale University, Georgetown University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and Wake Forest University, among others. Also charged for their involvement in the scheme are 33 parents and 13 coaches and associates of Singer’s businesses, including two SAT and ACT test administrators.

Also charged is John Vandemoer, the head sailing coach at Stanford University, Rudolph “Rudy” Meredith, the former head soccer coach at Yale University, and Mark Riddell, a counselor at a private school in Bradenton, Fla.
Full details at
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/...dmissions-scam-alleged-exam-cheating-athletic
 
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This comes as no surprise to many. My daughter got into an elite university, but on her own merits. Even though her high school is one of the top ranked high schools in the country (#28), a valedictorian from her high school was not able to get in.

LOTS and LOTS of uber rich kids go there. At the end of every school year, departing students just throw away their bicycles, refrigerators, computers, etc. They're just piled up on the lawn outside the dorms. My daughter picked up two Trek bicycles and a Mac laptop that were throwaways. If you've got the money, it's no problem getting in.
 
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Charged with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and obstruction of justice:

Mark Riddell, 36, of Palmetto, Fla., was charged in an Information with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Rudolph “Rudy” Meredith, 51, of Madison, Conn., the former head women’s soccer coach at Yale University, was charged in an Information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services wire fraud as well as honest services wire fraud.

John Vandemoer, 41, of Stanford, Calif., the former sailing coach at Stanford University, was charged in an Information with racketeering conspiracy.

David Sidoo, 59, of Vancouver, Canada, was charged in an indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

The below were charged in an indictment with racketeering conspiracy:

Igor Dvorskiy, 52, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., director of a private elementary and high school in Los Angeles and a test administrator for the College Board and ACT;

Gordon Ernst, 52, of Chevy Chase, Md., former head coach of men and women’s tennis at Georgetown University;

William Ferguson, 48, of Winston-Salem, N.C., former women’s volleyball coach at Wake Forest University;

Martin Fox, 62, of Houston, Texas, president of a private tennis academy in Houston;

Donna Heinel, 57, of Long Beach, Calif., the senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California;

Laura Janke, 36, of North Hollywood, Calif., former assistant coach of women’s soccer at the University of Southern California;

Ali Khoroshahin, 49, of Fountain Valley, Calif., former head coach of women’s soccer at the University of Southern California;

Steven Masera, 69, of Folsom, Calif., accountant and financial officer for the Edge College & Career Network and the Key Worldwide Foundation;

Jorge Salcedo, 46, of Los Angeles, Calif., former head coach of men’s soccer at the University of California at Los Angeles;

Mikaela Sanford, 32, of Folsom, Calif., employee of the Edge College & Career Network and the Key Worldwide Foundation;

Jovan Vavic, 57, of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., former water polo coach at the University of Southern California; and

Niki Williams, 44, of Houston, Texas, assistant teacher at a Houston high school and test administrator for the College Board and ACT.

The below defendant was charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud:

Michael Center, 54, of Austin Texas, head coach of men’s tennis at the University of Texas at Austin

The below were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud:

Gregory Abbott, 68, of New York, N.Y., the founder and chairman of a food and beverage packaging company;

Marcia Abbott, 59, of New York, N.Y.;

Gamal Abdelaziz, 62, of Las Vegas, Nev., the former senior executive of a resort and casino operator in Macau, China;

Diane Blake, 55, of San Francisco, Calif., an executive at a retail merchandising firm;

Todd Blake, 53, of San Francisco, Calif., an entrepreneur and investor;

Jane Buckingham, 50, of Beverly Hills, Calif., the CEO of a boutique marketing company;

Gordon Caplan, 52, of Greenwich, Conn., co-chairman of an international law firm based in New York City;

I-Hin “Joey” Chen, 64, of Newport Beach, Calif., operates a provider of warehousing and related services for the shipping industry;

Amy Colburn, 59, of Palo Alto, Calif.;

Gregory Colburn, 61, of Palo Alto, Calif.;

Robert Flaxman, 62, of Laguna Beach, Calif., founder and CEO of real estate development firm;

Mossimo Giannulli, 55, of Los Angeles, Calif., fashion designer;

Elizabeth Henriquez, 56, of Atherton, Calif.;

Manuel Henriquez, 55, of Atherton, Calif., founder, chairman and CEO of a publicly traded specialty finance company;

Douglas Hodge, 61, of Laguna Beach, Calif., former CEO of investment management company;

Felicity Huffman, 56, of Los Angeles, Calif., an actress;

Agustin Huneeus Jr., 53, of San Francisco, Calif., owner of wine vineyards;

Bruce Isackson, 61, of Hillsborough, Calif., president of a real estate development firm;

Davina Isackson, 55, of Hillsborough, Calif.;

Michelle Janavs, 48, of Newport Coast, Calif., former executive of a large food manufacturer;

Elisabeth Kimmel, 54, of Las Vegas, Nev., owner and president of a media company;

Marjorie Klapper, 50, of Menlo Park, Calif., co-owner of jewelry business;

Lori Loughlin, 54, of Los Angeles, Calif., an actress;

Toby MacFarlane, 56, of Del Mar, Calif., former senior executive at a title insurance company;

William McGlashan Jr., 55, of Mill Valley, Calif., senior executive at a global equity firm;

Marci Palatella, 63, of Healdsburg, Calif., CEO of a liquor distribution company;

Peter Jan Sartorio, 53, of Menlo Park, Calif., packaged food entrepreneur;

Stephen Semprevivo, 53, of Los Angeles, Calif., executive at privately held provider of outsourced sales teams;

Devin Sloane, 53, of Los Angeles, Calif., founder and CEO of provider of drinking and wastewater systems;

John Wilson, 59, of Hyannis Port, Mass., founder and CEO of private equity and real estate development firm;

Homayoun Zadeh, 57, of Calabasas, Calif., an associate professor of dentistry; and

Robert Zangrillo, 52, of Miami, Fla., founder and CEO of private investment firm.
 
I am not suprised with any of this. The rich have always had the ability to skew things in their favor. It’s been going on since the dawn of civilization. Do I feel it’s right, no, but does anyone seriously believe it dosent go on every day in many different ways? College admission is just one small example of ‘green privilege’. Btw, that’s a great name for it.
 
The family used to just donate a new wing or a library and the family was set.

If you little baby isn't good enough to pass the SAT maybe they need to go to a good trade school.

Lori Loughlin's daughter has a vlog and she talks about how she doesn't even want to be in school. Mommy wasted $500k on a rich spoiled brat who probably won't even visit her in jail.
 
And now it starts...

USC, Yale University among colleges sued by Stanford students amid college admissions scandal

he University of Southern California, Yale University and several other elite colleges are being sued by two Stanford University students who claim they were denied a fair opportunity for admission and have had their degrees devalued due to the college cheating scheme revealed by federal officials Tuesday.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/usc-yale...udents-amid-college-admissions-scandal-report
 
Mav, that is hysterical! ROTFLMAO.

I can see countless cases going to courts. Kids that didn't get in. Sports players that didn't get a scholarship. I can even see the kids that did get in wrongly due to their parent's crimes suing because the school 'violated' them making their degree less valuable. I can see sponsors dropping the schools.

This can go on & on. It's what we used to call 'a real pickle'.
 
In several cases the kids did not know what their parents were up to, and started getting suspicious that something wasn't right.

I'm on the fence whether or not some of the kids didn't know, I guess it could be possible but right now I'm seeing some of these kids covering their asses and playing ignorant and hoping the public is as naive as they think we are.
 
No way some kid with a 2.5 GPA did not know the folks got him / her in. Maybe 3.85 GPA but not the one where mom and dad had to fork over the money. This is going to be fun to watch. I sincerely hope all the schools have to give up the special entrance considerations and just go on past grades and SAT scores. The ones that busted their butts get in and the others can work for the Democratic party.
 
No way some kid with a 2.5 GPA did not know the folks got him / her in. Maybe 3.85 GPA but not the one where mom and dad had to fork over the money.
In many cases the parents did NOT want the kids to know they were pulling strings for them because they didn't want to them to think they weren't in on their own merits.

You have to understand that some of these kids were honor students that should have been able to get in, but couldn't without some sort of "edge." At the elite universities, it is insanely difficult to get in. As I mentioned earlier, a valedictorian from my daughter's high school could not get into the elite university my daughter attended. And not just any high school, but the #28th ranked high school in the country. My daughter got in due to the nature of the community service she had been doing, which earned her a scholarship that was independent of the university. That was her "edge." (And it didn't hurt that she had the highest SAT in the #28th ranked high school) She did NOT have straight A's...not even close... School admission programs look very favorably on students who bring their own independent scholarship with them! So you could say my daughter had "green privilege" because of that scholarship. Money talks!

Of course in the cases involving cheating on the SAT the kids had to know and be willing participants.

One of the methods of cheating involved hiring a guy to take classes in the student's name in order to erase a previous bad grade. Obviously the students would figure it out at some point, but while it was happening they didn't know what was going on.
 
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Another thought... I wonder if any of the schools will be expelling these kids that got in with bribes? Make 'room' for other kids that should have? More lawsuits to follow...

I hope it costs these schools billions. They messed it up, they should pay restitution. "Class action" lawsuit?
 

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