The FBI uncovered a network of wealthy parents who paid between $200,000 and $6,500,000 to William Rick Singer to boost their children's chances of gaining entrance into elite colleges, authorities say. (1/9)
In addition to putting up $15,000 to get her daughter more time on the SATs, Huffman also explored a plan to boost the test scores of a second daughter, according to court papers.
The plot involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown, Stanford, Yale, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of San Diego, USC, the University of Texas and Wake Forest University, according to federal prosecutors. Parents paid Singer $15,000 to $75,000 per test for someone else to take the SAT or ACT exams in place of their college-age sons or daughters, according to the court papers.
Riddell was paid roughly $10,000 per test, money that was often funneled through a charity account set up by Singer, the indictment says. In one of the most egregious cases outlined in the indictment, a set of parents agreed to pay Singer $1.2 million to get their daughter into Yale. Singer set the plot in motion in November 2017 when he passed along the applicant's biographical information to an associate and instructed her to create a bogus athletic profile, court papers say.
Meredith, 51, was charged Tuesday with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services wire fraud. He could not be reached.
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