William “Rick” Singer registered Key Worldwide Foundation as a charity in 2013, gaining accredited 501(c)3 status with the federal government. Prosecutors said he also accepted so-called donations from clients to help their kids get a coveted enrolment spot through cheating. The charity claimed to give the most grants to the University of Southern California — nine in all that totalled $550,000. Cal State Fullerton, Georgetown, Yale and New York universities said they never received the donations that the foundation claimed to have dispersed to them. Aside from grants, Singer also found other ways to pay a coach.

Source: National Post March 14, 2019 01:41 UTC