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Who’s Been Charged in the College Admissions Cheating Scandal? Here’s the Full List

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The actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and the fashion
designer Mossimo Giannulli are among the 50 people charged in a
bribery scheme to secure places for students in elite colleges.

By Rebecca Halleck
March 12, 2019

In what the Justice Department called its largest ever college
admissions prosecution, federal authorities charged 50 people on
Tuesday with taking part in a nationwide scheme to game the
admissions process at highly competitive schools like Yale and
the University of Southern California.

Those charged include wealthy and powerful parents accused of
paying millions of dollars in bribes, exam administrators and
athletic coaches accused of manufacturing students’
achievements, and private admissions counselors accused of
coordinating it all.

The Enterprise

At the center of the scandal are the Edge College & Career
Network, also known as the Key, and a nonprofit organization,
the Key Worldwide Foundation, that prosecutors say effectively
were a single enterprise. They are accused of helping students
cheat on standardized tests, and paying bribes to athletic
coaches who could get the students into college using fake
athletic credentials.

William Singer, also known as Rick Singer, owner of the Edge
College & Career Network, and chief executive of the Key
Worldwide Foundation

Steven Masera, an accountant and financial officer for the two
entities

Mikaela Sanford, an employee who held several roles and is
accused of taking classes for high school students

The Parents

Federal prosecutors accused dozens of parents of paying millions
of dollars in bribes to help their children secure spots at
prestigious American universities.

Gamal Abdelaziz, a senior executive of a resort and casino
operator

Gregory and Marcia Abbott. Gregory is the founder and chairman
of a packaging company for the food and beverage industry, and
the former head of a private-label clothing manufacturer

Diane Blake, an executive at a retail merchandising firm, and
Todd Blake, entrepreneur and investor

Jane Buckingham, chief executive of a boutique marketing company

Gordon Caplan, a lawyer and a co-chairman of the international
law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher

I-Hsin “Joey” Chen, a provider of warehousing and related
services for the shipping industry

Amy and Gregory Colburn. Gregory is a physician.

Robert Flaxman, chief executive of a Los Angeles-based real
estate development firm

Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer, and Lori Loughlin, actress

Elizabeth and Manuel Henriquez. Manuel is the founder, chairman
and chief executive of a specialty finance company.

Douglas Hodge, former chief executive of Pimco, one of the
world’s biggest bond fund managers

Felicity Huffman, actress

Agustin Huneeus, owner of vineyards in Napa, Calif.

Bruce and Davina Isackson. Bruce is the president of a real
estate development firm.

Michelle Janavs, a former executive of a food manufacturer

Elisabeth Kimmel, owner of a media company

Marjorie Klapper, co-owner of a jewelry business

Toby MacFarlane, a former senior executive at a title insurance
company

William E. McGlashan Jr., a senior executive at TPG, one of the
world’s biggest private equity firms

Marci Palatella, chief executive of a liquor distributor

Peter Jan “P.J.” Sartorio, a packaged-food entrepreneur

Stephen Semprevivo, an executive at an outsourcing company

David Sidoo, a businessman in Vancouver, British Columbia

Devin Sloane, founder and chief executive of a drinking water
and wastewater systems business

John Wilson, founder and chief executive of a private-equity and
real estate development firm

Homayoun Zadeh, an associate professor of dentistry at U.S.C.

Robert Zangrillo, founder and chief executive of a Miami-based
venture capital and real estate firm

The Athletic Coaches

Athletic coaches from top colleges were also implicated and
accused of accepting millions of dollars to help students gain
admission.

Michael Center, head coach of men’s tennis at University of
Texas at Austin

Gordon Ernst, former head coach of men’s and women’s tennis at
Georgetown

William Ferguson, women’s volleyball coach at Wake Forest

Donna Heinel, senior associate athletic director at U.S.C.

Laura Janke, former assistant coach of women’s soccer at U.S.C.

Ali Khosroshahin, former head coach of women’s soccer at U.S.C.

Rudolph Meredith, former head coach of women’s soccer at Yale

Jorge Salcedo, former head coach of men’s soccer at University
of California, Los Angeles

John Vandemoer, former sailing coach at Stanford

Jovan Vavic, former water polo coach at U.S.C.

The Other Players
Teachers, test administrators and private instructors are named
as co-conspirators in the federal charging documents.

Igor Dvorskiy, test administrator for the College Board and
A.C.T., accused of accepting bribes to facilitate the cheating
scheme at the West Hollywood Test Center

Niki Williams, assistant teacher at a public high school in
Houston and a test administrator for the College Board and
A.C.T. who is accused of accepting bribes

Mark Riddell, a test proctor accused of tampering with students’
test papers to improve scores, and of secretly taking exams in
place of students

Martin Fox, president of a private tennis academy and camp in
Houston, accused of acting as a middleman for bribe payments

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/us/felicity-huffman-lori-
loughlin-massimo-giannulli.html?module=inline
 

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