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College scam mastermind Rick Singer gets 3.5 years in prison
BOSTON — The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents who used their wealth and privilege to buy their kids’ way into top-tier schools was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday. The punishment for Rick Singer, 62, is the longest sentence handed down in the sprawling […]
First trial in college admissions scandal gets underway
The trial in the college admissions bribery scandal opened with defense attorneys seeking to portray two parents as victims of a con man.
Court records show how university system tracks applicants with ties to donors
On an internal spreadsheet marked “special interest,” University of Southern California officials catalogued in exhaustive detail the fundraising possibilities associated with certain well-connected applicants for admission. One candidate promoted by USC athletic officials was linked to a “250,000 signed pledge,” newly disclosed court records show, while the file for anothe[...]
Test taker pleads guilty in college admissions bribery scandal
BOSTON — A former Florida prep school administrator pleaded guilty Friday to taking college entrance exams for students in exchange for cash to help wealthy parents get their kids into elite universities. Mark Riddell admitted to secretly taking the ACT and SAT in place of students, or to correcting their answers, as part of a […]
