Singer pleaded guilty Tuesday, admitting that he masterminded a criminal operation dating back at least a decade. He offered two services to help students overcome admissions hurdles: doctored scores on standardized tests and what he called “a side door” to elite schools. Authorities said he bribed coaches at a number of schools to give spots reserved for student athletes, for whom academic standards were relaxed, to applicants whose parents were willing to pay up to half a million dollars. Singer and his conspirators created phony athletic profiles, complete with Photoshopped pictures of the students participating in their assigned sports, according to court papers.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 15, 2019 14:22 UTC