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- Prosecutors in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, led by United States Attorney Andrew Lelling, unsealed indictments and complaints for felony conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud against 50 people, including Singer, who has been "portrayed [...] as a criminal mastermind", university staff he bribed, and parents who were alleged to have used bribery and fraud to secure admission for their children to 11 universities.
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Oct 23, 2023 · 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 and charged in documents unsealed on March 12, 2019, in federal court in Boston.
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Gregory Abbott, 68, of New York, founder and chairman of International Dispensing Corp., a food and beverage packaging company. Abbott and his wife are alleged to have paid $50,000 to Key Worldwide Foundation in return for CW-1 and CW-2 proctoring their daughter's ACT exam and correcting her answers as she completed it. Their daughter received a 35...
William Rick Singer, 58, of Newport Beach, Calif., owner of the Edge College & Career Network and CEO of the Key Worldwide Foundation. He entered a guilty plea Tuesday to racketeering conspiracy and money laundering charges. Pleaded guiltyon March 12, 2019. Mark Riddell, 36, of Palmetto, Fla., was charged in an information with conspiracy to commit...
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. Pleaded not guilty. Gordon Ernst, 52, of Chevy Chase, Md., former head coach of men and women's tennis at Georgetown University. Pleaded not guilty. William Ferguson, 48, of Winston-Sale...
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Oct 9, 2021 · Mr. Abdelaziz was accused of paying $300,000 in 2018 to gain his daughter’s admission into U.S.C. as a basketball recruit. She did not make the high school varsity team.
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On March 12, 2019, federal prosecutors in Boston unsealed a criminal complaint charging 50 people with conspiracy to commit felony mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 1349.
Jan 4, 2023 · William “Rick” Singer, the mastermind of the sprawling college admissions scam aptly known as Operation Varsity Blues, was sentenced Wednesday to 3.5 years in federal prison, nearly four...
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Jan 4, 2023 · William "Rick" Singer, the mastermind of a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, was sentenced to 3½ years in prison and supervised release Wednesday afternoon in Boston.
Jan 4, 2023 · After dozens of convictions of parents and coaches, Operation Varsity Blues reached something of a final chapter on Wednesday when William Singer, the mastermind of the college admissions...
