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[td]Singer also bribed college athletics staff and coaches. At certain colleges, these personnel can submit a certain number of sports recruit names to the admissions office, which then views those applications more favorably. Singer used his Key Worldwide Foundation as a money-laundering operation to pay coaches a bribe for labeling applicants as athletic recruits. He also fabricated profiles highlighting each applicant's purported athletic prowess. In some cases, [[image editing software]] (e.g., [[Adobe Photoshop]]) was used to insert a photograph of a student's face onto a photograph of another person participating in the sport to document purported athletic activity.<ref name="Usa Today 3-12-2019"/>[/td]Revision as of 06:29, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]Singer also bribed college athletics staff and coaches. At certain colleges, these personnel can submit a certain number of sports recruit names to the admissions office, which then views those applications more favorably. Singer used his Key Worldwide Foundation as a money-laundering operation to pay coaches a bribe for labeling applicants as athletic recruits. He also fabricated profiles highlighting each applicant's purported athletic prowess. In some cases, [[image editing software]] (e.g., [[Adobe Photoshop]]) was used to insert a photograph of a student's face onto a photograph of another person participating in the sport to document purported athletic activity.<ref name="Usa Today 3-12-2019"/>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In one such incident, Michael Center, the men's tennis coach at the [[University of Texas]] (UT), accepted about $100,000 to designate an applicant as a recruit for the [[Texas Longhorns]] tennis team.<ref name="daily Texan"/> A similar fraud occurred at Yale,<ref name=WSJgenesis/> where the then-head coach of the women's soccer team, Rudolph "Rudy" Meredith, allegedly accepted a $450,000 bribe to falsely identify an applicant as a recruit.<ref name="NH register">{{Cite news |url= https://www.nhregister.com/news/art...-implicated-in-college-admission-13682117.php |title= Ex-Yale soccer coach, Greenwich businessman charged in college admissions scandal |last1= Stannard |first1= Ed |last2= Friedmann |first2= Meghan |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[New Haven Register]] |access-date= March 12, 2019 |archive-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019031...-implicated-in-college-admission-13682117.php |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/educati...s-scandal-fbi-targets-wealthy-parents/584695/ |title= Why the College-Admissions Scandal Is So Absurd |last= Wong |first= Alia |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[The Atlantic]] |access-date= March 12, 2019 |archive-date= March 12, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019031...s-scandal-fbi-targets-wealthy-parents/584695/ |url-status= live }}</ref> USC's senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel and water polo coach [[Jovan Vavic]] allegedly received $1.3{{nbsp}}million and $250,000, respectively, for similar frauds.<ref name="LATguilty">{{Cite web |url= https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-college-admissions-scale-elite-schools-20190312-story.html |title= College cheating scandal snares actresses, CEOs and coaches; alleged mastermind pleads guilty |last1= Fry |first1= Hannah |last2= Winton |first2= Richard |date= March 12, 2019 |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date= March 12, 2019 |last3= Ormseth |first3= Matthew |last4= Newberry |first4= Laura |archive-date= January 3, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021010...sions-scale-elite-schools-20190312-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref> They were indicted alongside former [[USC Trojans women's soccer|USC women's soccer coaches]] Ali Khosroshahin and Laura Janke.<ref name="DailyTrojan03122019">{{Cite web |url= http://dailytrojan.com/2019/03/12/a...-wake-of-fbi-investigation-of-admission-scam/ |title= Athletic director, water polo coach fired in wake of FBI investigation of admission scam |last1= Klick |first1= Rea |last2= Speier |first2= Mia |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[Daily Trojan]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= November 28, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2020112...-wake-of-fbi-investigation-of-admission-scam/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Coaches at two other [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] programs, [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|men's soccer coach]] [[Jorge Salcedo (soccer)|Jorge Salcedo]] and [[Stanford University]] sailing coach John Vandemoer, were charged with accepting bribes.<ref name="KTLA">{{Cite web |url= https://ktla.com/2019/03/12/3-pac-1...dmissions-bribery-scandal-ncaa-investigating/ |title= 3 Pac-12 Programs Dismiss Top Coaches Amid Admissions Bribery Scandal; NCAA Investigating |agency= Associated Press |date= March 12, 2019 |work= [[KTLA]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= April 1, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019040...dmissions-bribery-scandal-ncaa-investigating/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Vandemoer admitted that he accepted $270,000 to classify two applicants as prospective sailors, and agreed to plead guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.theoaklandpress.com/spo...cle_abd7e782-45ff-11e9-9fc4-13863408d37e.html |title= Column: A twist in the usual college sports scandal |last= Dahlberg |first= Tim |date= March 13, 2019 |website= [[The Oakland Press]] |access-date= March 14, 2019 |archive-date= April 1, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019040...cle_abd7e782-45ff-11e9-9fc4-13863408d37e.html |url-status= live }}</ref> At [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]], head volleyball coach William "Bill" Ferguson was placed on [[administrative leave]] following charges of [[racketeering]].<ref name="journal now">{{Cite web |url= https://www.journalnow.com/news/cri...cle_df0ff008-5ef1-565f-96c9-98bca8aa68fb.html |title= Wake Forest coach accused of accepting six-figure bribe to help student get into the university |last= Craver |first= Richard |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[Winston-Salem Journal]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= March 31, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019033...cle_df0ff008-5ef1-565f-96c9-98bca8aa68fb.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Former [[Georgetown University]] tennis coach Gordon "Gordie" Ernst is alleged to have facilitated as many as 12 students through fraudulent means while accepting bribes of up to $950,000.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/03/13/marthas-vineyard-tie-college-admissions-scandal/ |title= Martha's Vineyard tie to college admissions scandal |last= Brennan |first= George |date= March 13, 2019 |website= [[The Martha's Vineyard Times]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= April 1, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019040...thas-vineyard-tie-college-admissions-scandal/ |url-status= live }}</ref> On March 20, 2019, the [[University of San Diego]] (USD) revealed that its former [[San Diego Toreros men's basketball|men's basketball]] head coach [[Lamont Smith (basketball)|Lamont Smith]] allegedly accepted bribes.<ref name="Lamont Smith">{{cite web |url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...nt-smith-basketball-coach-20190320-story.html |title= Lamont Smith identified as USD coach in bribery scheme; resigns as UTEP assistant |last1= Ziegler |first1= Mark |last2= Davis |first2= Kristina |work= [[San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date= March 21, 2019 |access-date= March 21, 2019 |archive-date= January 1, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021010...nt-smith-basketball-coach-20190320-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Hours after that revelation, Smith resigned from his position as assistant coach at the [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|University of Texas at El Paso]].<ref>{{cite web |date=March 21, 2019 |title=UTEP assistant basketball coach resigns, implicated in college admissions scandal |url=https://www.ktsm.com/sports/college...ated-in-college-admissions-scandal/1864662322 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019032...ated-in-college-admissions-scandal/1864662322 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=[[KTSM-TV]]}}</ref> Two San Diego families were accused of paying $875,000 as part of the scheme.<ref name="USDnoname">{{Cite web |url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-cheating-scandal-20190312-story.html |title= University of San Diego, local families caught up in college admissions scandal |last1= Davis |first2= Gary |last2= Robbins |first1= Kristina |date= March 12, 2019 |work= [[San Diego Union-Tribune]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= March 26, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019032...on/sd-me-cheating-scandal-20190312-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref>[/td]
[td]In one such incident, Michael Center, the men's tennis coach at the [[University of Texas]] (UT), accepted about $100,000 to designate an applicant as a recruit for the [[Texas Longhorns]] tennis team.<ref name="daily Texan"/> A similar fraud occurred at Yale,<ref name=WSJgenesis/> where the then-head coach of the women's soccer team, Rudolph "Rudy" Meredith, allegedly accepted a $450,000 bribe to falsely identify an applicant as a recruit.<ref name="NH register">{{Cite news |url= https://www.nhregister.com/news/art...-implicated-in-college-admission-13682117.php |title= Ex-Yale soccer coach, Greenwich businessman charged in college admissions scandal |last1= Stannard |first1= Ed |last2= Friedmann |first2= Meghan |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[New Haven Register]] |access-date= March 12, 2019 |archive-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019031...-implicated-in-college-admission-13682117.php |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/educati...s-scandal-fbi-targets-wealthy-parents/584695/ |title= Why the College-Admissions Scandal Is So Absurd |last= Wong |first= Alia |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[The Atlantic]] |access-date= March 12, 2019 |archive-date= March 12, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019031...s-scandal-fbi-targets-wealthy-parents/584695/ |url-status= live }}</ref> USC's senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel and water polo coach [[Jovan Vavic]] allegedly received $1.3{{nbsp}}million and $250,000, respectively, for similar frauds.<ref name="LATguilty">{{Cite web |url= https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-college-admissions-scale-elite-schools-20190312-story.html |title= College cheating scandal snares actresses, CEOs and coaches; alleged mastermind pleads guilty |last1= Fry |first1= Hannah |last2= Winton |first2= Richard |date= March 12, 2019 |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date= March 12, 2019 |last3= Ormseth |first3= Matthew |last4= Newberry |first4= Laura |archive-date= January 3, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021010...sions-scale-elite-schools-20190312-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref> They were indicted alongside former [[USC Trojans women's soccer|USC women's soccer coaches]] [[Ali Khosroshahin]] and Laura Janke.<ref name="DailyTrojan03122019">{{Cite web |url= http://dailytrojan.com/2019/03/12/a...-wake-of-fbi-investigation-of-admission-scam/ |title= Athletic director, water polo coach fired in wake of FBI investigation of admission scam |last1= Klick |first1= Rea |last2= Speier |first2= Mia |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[Daily Trojan]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= November 28, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2020112...-wake-of-fbi-investigation-of-admission-scam/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Coaches at two other [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] programs, [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA) [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|men's soccer coach]] [[Jorge Salcedo (soccer)|Jorge Salcedo]] and [[Stanford University]] sailing coach John Vandemoer, were charged with accepting bribes.<ref name="KTLA">{{Cite web |url= https://ktla.com/2019/03/12/3-pac-1...dmissions-bribery-scandal-ncaa-investigating/ |title= 3 Pac-12 Programs Dismiss Top Coaches Amid Admissions Bribery Scandal; NCAA Investigating |agency= Associated Press |date= March 12, 2019 |work= [[KTLA]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= April 1, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019040...dmissions-bribery-scandal-ncaa-investigating/ |url-status= live }}</ref> Vandemoer admitted that he accepted $270,000 to classify two applicants as prospective sailors, and agreed to plead guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.theoaklandpress.com/spo...cle_abd7e782-45ff-11e9-9fc4-13863408d37e.html |title= Column: A twist in the usual college sports scandal |last= Dahlberg |first= Tim |date= March 13, 2019 |website= [[The Oakland Press]] |access-date= March 14, 2019 |archive-date= April 1, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019040...cle_abd7e782-45ff-11e9-9fc4-13863408d37e.html |url-status= live }}</ref> At [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]], head volleyball coach William "Bill" Ferguson was placed on [[administrative leave]] following charges of [[racketeering]].<ref name="journal now">{{Cite web |url= https://www.journalnow.com/news/cri...cle_df0ff008-5ef1-565f-96c9-98bca8aa68fb.html |title= Wake Forest coach accused of accepting six-figure bribe to help student get into the university |last= Craver |first= Richard |date= March 12, 2019 |website= [[Winston-Salem Journal]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= March 31, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019033...cle_df0ff008-5ef1-565f-96c9-98bca8aa68fb.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Former [[Georgetown University]] tennis coach Gordon "Gordie" Ernst is alleged to have facilitated as many as 12 students through fraudulent means while accepting bribes of up to $950,000.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/03/13/marthas-vineyard-tie-college-admissions-scandal/ |title= Martha's Vineyard tie to college admissions scandal |last= Brennan |first= George |date= March 13, 2019 |website= [[The Martha's Vineyard Times]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= April 1, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019040...thas-vineyard-tie-college-admissions-scandal/ |url-status= live }}</ref> On March 20, 2019, the [[University of San Diego]] (USD) revealed that its former [[San Diego Toreros men's basketball|men's basketball]] head coach [[Lamont Smith (basketball)|Lamont Smith]] allegedly accepted bribes.<ref name="Lamont Smith">{{cite web |url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...nt-smith-basketball-coach-20190320-story.html |title= Lamont Smith identified as USD coach in bribery scheme; resigns as UTEP assistant |last1= Ziegler |first1= Mark |last2= Davis |first2= Kristina |work= [[San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date= March 21, 2019 |access-date= March 21, 2019 |archive-date= January 1, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021010...nt-smith-basketball-coach-20190320-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref> Hours after that revelation, Smith resigned from his position as assistant coach at the [[UTEP Miners men's basketball|University of Texas at El Paso]].<ref>{{cite web |date=March 21, 2019 |title=UTEP assistant basketball coach resigns, implicated in college admissions scandal |url=https://www.ktsm.com/sports/college...ated-in-college-admissions-scandal/1864662322 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019032...ated-in-college-admissions-scandal/1864662322 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 21, 2019 |website=[[KTSM-TV]]}}</ref> Two San Diego families were accused of paying $875,000 as part of the scheme.<ref name="USDnoname">{{Cite web |url= https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-cheating-scandal-20190312-story.html |title= University of San Diego, local families caught up in college admissions scandal |last1= Davis |first2= Gary |last2= Robbins |first1= Kristina |date= March 12, 2019 |work= [[San Diego Union-Tribune]] |access-date= March 13, 2019 |archive-date= March 26, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2019032...on/sd-me-cheating-scandal-20190312-story.html |url-status= live }}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]A guidance counselor at [[Buckley School (California)|Buckley School]] learned that a student had been accepted to [[Tulane University]], [[Georgetown University]] and [[Loyola Marymount University]] as an "African-American tennis whiz, ranked in the Top 10 in California" though the student was white and did not play tennis. The student's father denied using an outside admissions consultant before admitting that his family had hired Singer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-31|title=Buckley School Whistleblower Stumbled Onto Rick Singer's Fake College Applications Long Before Admissions Scandal|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/201...2-02-07|language=en-US|archive-date=September 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022091...ng-before-admissions-scandal/|url-status=live}}</ref>[/td]
[td]A guidance counselor at [[Buckley School (California)|Buckley School]] learned that a student had been accepted to [[Tulane University]], [[Georgetown University]] and [[Loyola Marymount University]] as an "African-American tennis whiz, ranked in the Top 10 in California" though the student was white and did not play tennis. The student's father denied using an outside admissions consultant before admitting that his family had hired Singer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-31|title=Buckley School Whistleblower Stumbled Onto Rick Singer's Fake College Applications Long Before Admissions Scandal|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/201...2-02-07|language=en-US|archive-date=September 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022091...ng-before-admissions-scandal/|url-status=live}}</ref>[/td] [td]| Former women's soccer coach; pleaded guilty. Sentenced to time served, one year of probation and 250 hours of community service.<ref name="DailyTrojan03122019"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...Kofn68xv0cK7ihaZuS0aM/story.html|title=Former coach and parent plead guilty in college admissions cheating scandal|last=Andersen|first=Travis|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=April 23, 2019|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019042...n68xv0cK7ihaZuS0aM/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/...a-janke-sentenced-in-college-bribery-scandal/ | title=Former USC Soccer Coach Laura Janke sentenced in College Bribery Scandal | website=[[CBS News]] | date=June 29, 2022 }}</ref>[/td]
[td]| Former women's soccer coach; pleaded guilty. Sentenced to time served, one year of probation and 250 hours of community service.<ref name="DailyTrojan03122019"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...Kofn68xv0cK7ihaZuS0aM/story.html|title=Former coach and parent plead guilty in college admissions cheating scandal|last=Andersen|first=Travis|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=April 23, 2019|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019042...n68xv0cK7ihaZuS0aM/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/...a-janke-sentenced-in-college-bribery-scandal/ | title=Former USC Soccer Coach Laura Janke sentenced in College Bribery Scandal | website=[[CBS News]] | date=June 29, 2022 }}</ref>[/td] [td]|-[/td]
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[td]| {{Sortname|Ali|Khosroshahin}}[/td] [td]| Former women's soccer head coach; sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release with the first six months to be served in home confinement and ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount of $208,990.<ref name="DailyTrojan03122019"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...deal-college-scandal/1332118001/|title=Ex-USC soccer coach reverses course, agrees to plead guilty in college admissions scandal|first=Joey|last=Garrison|date=June 3, 2019|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=June 10, 2019|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019060...l-college-scandal/1332118001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/...versity-southern-california-sentenced-college | title=Former Head Coach of Women's Soccer at the University of Southern California Sentenced in College Admissions Case | date=June 30, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Richer |first=Alanna Dunkin |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Former USC soccer coach sentenced to 6 months' home confinement in college bribery scandal |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/...occer-coach-sentenced-college-bribery-scandal |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>[/td]
[td]| Former women's soccer head coach; sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release with the first six months to be served in home confinement and ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount of $208,990.<ref name="DailyTrojan03122019"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...deal-college-scandal/1332118001/|title=Ex-USC soccer coach reverses course, agrees to plead guilty in college admissions scandal|first=Joey|last=Garrison|date=June 3, 2019|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=June 10, 2019|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019060...l-college-scandal/1332118001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/...versity-southern-california-sentenced-college | title=Former Head Coach of Women's Soccer at the University of Southern California Sentenced in College Admissions Case | date=June 30, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Richer |first=Alanna Dunkin |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Former USC soccer coach sentenced to 6 months' home confinement in college bribery scandal |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/...occer-coach-sentenced-college-bribery-scandal |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>[/td] [td]|-[/td]
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