UC Berkeley is now one of two University of California campuses embroiled in the college admissions scandal.
David Sidoo of Vancouver leaves a federal court hearing March 15 in Boston. Sidoo pleaded not guilty to charges in a wide-ranging college admissions scandal.
David Sidoo is accused of paying the first $100,000 installment in 2012 after having a surrogate fly to Vancouver from Tampa, Fla., to take the SAT using a fake ID card with the name of his older son, Dylan, on it. Dylan had previously taken the exam himself and earned a 1,460, so the surrogate was directed to not score too high — because a high score might raise suspicions. The surrogate earned a 1,670 out of 2,400, according to court documents.
Sidoo followed a similar process for his younger son, Jordan, in 2013, prosecutors allege. He is accused of paying for a flight from Florida and having a surrogate use a fake ID to take the SAT at a high school in Orange County, fraudulently earning Jordan a 2,280. He paid $5,000 for travel expenses for the surrogate test-taker, according to the indictment.Sidoo pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in federal court in Boston last week.
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