New charges for some coaches/Singer employees:
Gordon ERNST (Former Men's and Women's Tennis Coach at Georgetown University) -
Conspiracy to commit racketeering; conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; federal programs bribery; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting; mail fraud and honest services mail fraud – aiding and abetting; money laundering – aiding and abetting.
Donna HEINEL (former Senior Associate Athletic Director at USC) -
Conspiracy to commit racketeering; conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting; mail fraud and honest services mail fraud – aiding and abetting.
William FERGUSON (Volleyball coach at Wake Forest University, placed on academic leave) -
Conspiracy to commit racketeering; conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud.
Jorge SALCEDO (former Men's Soccer head coach at UCLA) -
Conspiracy to commit racketeering; conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting; mail fraud and honest services mail fraud – aiding and abetting.
Mikaela SANFORD (employee at Singer's companies) and
Niki WILLIAMS (administrator of standardized tests for ACT and College Board, Houston-area assistant high school teacher) --
Conspiracy to commit racketeering; conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting.
Jovan VAVIC (former Men's and Women's Water Polo Coach at USC) -
Conspiracy to commit racketeering; conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting.
Investigations of College Admissions and Testing Bribery Scheme
Fifteen parents who hadn't pleaded guilty were hit with a new grand jury indictment in Boston on Tuesday, 10/22, that includes a new charge of bribery for most of them:
David SIDOO, Amy COLBURN, Gregory COLBURN, -
Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud; money laundering conspiracy.
Gamal ABDELAZIZ, Diane BLAKE, Todd BLAKE, Mossimo GIANNULLI, Elisabeth KIMMEL, Lori LOUGHLIN, Marci PALATELLA, Homayoun ZADEH, -
Conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; conspiracy to commit money laundering.
I-Hsin “Joey” CHEN -
Conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit money laundering; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting.
William McGLASHAN, Robert ZANGRILLO -
Conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; conspiracy to commit money laundering; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting.
John WILSON -
Conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud; conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; conspiracy to commit money laundering; wire fraud and honest services wire fraud – aiding and abetting; and federal programs bribery – aiding and abetting.
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The Bay Area parents facing the new bribery charge in addition to the previous fraud and money laundering conspiracy counts are Diane and Todd Blake of Ross, William McGlashin of Mill Valley and Marci Palatella of Hillsborough. Gregory and Amy Colburn of Palo Alto face the two previous conspiracy charges.
The Blakes are accused of paying college consultant Singer $250,000 to have their daughter recruited to USC as a supposed volleyball star in 2017.
McGlashin is accused of paying $50,000 to have a corrupt proctor improve his son's ACT test scores plus $250,000 to have him presented to USC as a football placekicker and punter in 2018.
Palatella is accused of paying $75,000 for cheating on her son's SAT exam plus $500,000 to have him recruited to USC as a football player.
The Colburns are alleged to have paid $25,000 to have the corrupt proctor improve their son's answers on his SAT test in 2018.
Loughlin and Giannulli are accused of paying $400,000 to have both their daughters admitted to USC as supposed crew recruits.
15 Parents Charged in Revised College Cheating Indictment
with help from: 2019 college admissions bribery scandal - Wikipedia