David Sidoo, a businessman from Vancouver who participated in a U.S. college admissions cheating scheme, has been stripped of his Order of British Columbia. The former Canadian Football League player pleaded guilty in March to paying someone $200,000 to take the SATs in place of his two sons. Nationwide admissions scandalSidoo was charged with fraud-related offences after authorities in the U.S. revealed a sprawling, nationwide college admissions scandal in March 2019. Felicity Huffman, centre, departs federal court with her brother Moore Huffman Jr., left, Monday, May 13, 2019, in Boston, where she pleaded guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. The test taker, Mark Riddell, has pleaded guilty and has been co-operating with investigators.

Source: CBC News June 12, 2020 21:47 UTC