The US Department of Justice announced charges against 50 people for rigging the application process to get wealthy students into some of the nation's most exclusive universities.
William ‘Rick’ Singer leaves the federal courthouse after facing charges in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme in Boston, Massachusetts.
The mastermind, William “Rick” Singer, who ran an admissions consulting firm, took advantage of the premium that top schools place on athletic prowess and test scores, as well as the cutthroat competition that yields a vanishingly small percentage of successful applicants each year. Court papers described a fraud aided by college coaches and test administrators who collected kickbacks from the bribes parents paid Singer, prosecutors said. Singer funnelled the money through a charity to disguise its origin and allow parents to claim the contributions were for “underserved children” if pressed by tax auditors.
Singer advised several parents to have their children claim learning disabilities and submit to psychological testing so they would get permission to take the tests over the span of two days, rather than all at once.
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