How 34 recorded phone calls brought down the college admissions scam
Rick Singer called up his client, the wealthy parent of a college student, and went into his prepared lines.
The IRS was auditing his foundation, he said on the phone, and had some questions about payments the parent had made. Singer was definitely not going to tell the IRS that the money was actually for cheating on the SATs or ACTs, he said. Nor would he mention that the parent's money truly went toward bribing college coaches in order to falsely get their children into elite universities. Instead, he would tell them the money was for charity. Sound good?"Perfect.
See scam ringleader's reality TV show pitch 02:07However, using someone with Singer's checkered history as the focal point of these sting phone calls did not always go smoothly.Singer pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering, money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States in federal court in Boston last week. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.
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