After the applicant was provisionally admitted to UCLA in June 2016 as a student-athlete, court documents allege, Singer directed a $100,000 payment from a fake charitable account created as part of the scheme to a sports marketing company that Salcedo controlled. As part of the admissions agreement, the applicant was required to participate on the UCLA women’s soccer team for a minimum of one athletic year; it was not immediately clear if the student ever joined the team. An athletic department official said the school could not comment on students or prospective students.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 12, 2019 18:00 UTC