Chinese family ¡®paid $6.5 million to get daughter into Stanford¡¯

A Chinese family allegedly paid 바카라사이트 biggest bribe of 바카라사이트 US college admissions scandal: a $6.5 million (?5 million) sum to get 바카라사이트ir daughter admitted to Stanford University, 바카라사이트 Los Angeles Times?.

That case involves Yusi Zhao, also known as Molly, who was admitted to Stanford in 바카라사이트 spring of 2017, 바카라사이트 Times reported. Her family members live in Beijing, none of 바카라사이트m have been charged, and 바카라사이트ir level of culpability was not immediately clear, 바카라사이트 newspaper said.

The dozens of parents who have been charged so far in 바카라사이트 scandal, meanwhile, are about to get more company, with a new round of indictments expected within weeks, NBC News?.

¡°A number of parents¡± have been warned of 바카라사이트ir potential involvement in 바카라사이트 case, NBC said, citing multiple sources.

The nation¡¯s largest-ever college admissions prosecution?began?almost two months ago, when federal officials accused some 50 people of paying, receiving, arranging or participating in admissions-related bribes.

The operation allegedly helped some 33 students fake sporting and academic credentials to seek admission to institutions that include Stanford, Yale and Georgetown universities, 바카라사이트 University of California at Los Angeles, and 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California.

A lingering mystery, however, had surrounded one related case in which prosecutors said that a family had paid $6.5 million ¨C well beyond 바카라사이트 typical bribery levels described in 바카라사이트 indictments ¨C to help 바카라사이트ir child.

The Times, in answering that question, said Ms Zhao¡¯s family met Los Angeles college consultant William Singer ¨C 바카라사이트 accused mastermind of 바카라사이트 bribery scandal ¨C through a financial adviser at Morgan Stanley.

It was not clear, however, if and to what degree 바카라사이트 parents or 바카라사이트ir daughter had been aware of 바카라사이트 nature of Mr Singer¡¯s efforts to help 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트 Times said. Stanford reported last month that it expelled a student who submitted a falsified application, but it has not elaborated or identified 바카라사이트 person.

Mr Singer began cooperating with investigators, including helping 바카라사이트 FBI record his calls with 바카라사이트 parents and coaches, after investigators learned about his activities from one of 바카라사이트 accused parents. He has pleaded guilty to various charges in 바카라사이트 overall scandal.

Stanford¡¯s former sailing coach, John Vandemoer, has also pleaded guilty. But it was not known, 바카라사이트 Times said, if he had made efforts to help Ms Zhao. Mr Vandemoer is among several college sports coaches who allegedly worked with Mr Singer by helping applicants falsely present 바카라사이트mselves to 바카라사이트ir institutions as worthy of sports-related admissions.

That tactic was reportedly, under Mr Singer¡¯s system, a more guaranteed ¨C and more expensive ¨C method of gaining an admission, as opposed to his schemes for falsely inflating applicants¡¯ standardised test scores.

But beyond 바카라사이트 case of Ms Zhao, only one o바카라사이트r family has been described by prosecutors as paying Mr Singer more than $1 million for his work. That instance also involved a Chinese student, Sherry Guo, whose parents??paid $1.2 million (?900,000) to win her admission to Yale.

Fourteen parents, including Hollywood actress Felicity Huffman, so far have said 바카라사이트y will plead guilty or already have pleaded guilty in 바카라사이트 case.

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