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March 26, 2019

Suspects in College Admissions Scam Plead Not Guilty
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In Boston, 12 defendants in the elite college admissions scandal pleaded
not guilty in a federal court Monday. The suspects include coaches and
test administrators from some of the schools implicated in the scandal,
including Georgetown, the University of Southern California and Wake
Forest. One of the suspects, a former tennis coach at Georgetown
University, is accused of accepting over $2.7 million in bribes to get
at least 12 students recruited to the school as tennis players-including
students who did not actually play tennis. Defendants in the case face
hefty fines and a maximum prison sentence of 20 years if found guilty.
More defendants are expected to appear in court in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Yale University rescinded the admission of a current student
who applied to the Ivy League school with fabricated endorsements from a
soccer coach.


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