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Who’s Been Charged in the College Admissions Cheating Scandal? Here’s the Full List

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The actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and the fashion 
designer Mossimo Giannulli are among the 50 people charged in a 
bribery scheme to secure places for students in elite colleges.

By Rebecca Halleck
March 12, 2019

In what the Justice Department called its largest ever college 
admissions prosecution, federal authorities charged 50 people on 
Tuesday with taking part in a nationwide scheme to game the 
admissions process at highly competitive schools like Yale and 
the University of Southern California.

Those charged include wealthy and powerful parents accused of 
paying millions of dollars in bribes, exam administrators and 
athletic coaches accused of manufacturing students’ 
achievements, and private admissions counselors accused of 
coordinating it all.

The Enterprise

At the center of the scandal are the Edge College & Career 
Network, also known as the Key, and a nonprofit organization, 
the Key Worldwide Foundation, that prosecutors say effectively 
were a single enterprise. They are accused of helping students 
cheat on standardized tests, and paying bribes to athletic 
coaches who could get the students into college using fake 
athletic credentials.

William Singer, also known as Rick Singer, owner of the Edge 
College & Career Network, and chief executive of the Key 
Worldwide Foundation

Steven Masera, an accountant and financial officer for the two 
entities

Mikaela Sanford, an employee who held several roles and is 
accused of taking classes for high school students

The Parents

Federal prosecutors accused dozens of parents of paying millions 
of dollars in bribes to help their children secure spots at 
prestigious American universities.

Gamal Abdelaziz, a senior executive of a resort and casino 
operator

Gregory and Marcia Abbott. Gregory is the founder and chairman 
of a packaging company for the food and beverage industry, and 
the former head of a private-label clothing manufacturer

Diane Blake, an executive at a retail merchandising firm, and 
Todd Blake, entrepreneur and investor

Jane Buckingham, chief executive of a boutique marketing company

Gordon Caplan, a lawyer and a co-chairman of the international 
law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher

I-Hsin “Joey” Chen, a provider of warehousing and related 
services for the shipping industry

Amy and Gregory Colburn. Gregory is a physician.

Robert Flaxman, chief executive of a Los Angeles-based real 
estate development firm

Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer, and Lori Loughlin, actress

Elizabeth and Manuel Henriquez. Manuel is the founder, chairman 
and chief executive of a specialty finance company.

Douglas Hodge, former chief executive of Pimco, one of the 
world’s biggest bond fund managers

Felicity Huffman, actress

Agustin Huneeus, owner of vineyards in Napa, Calif.

Bruce and Davina Isackson. Bruce is the president of a real 
estate development firm.

Michelle Janavs, a former executive of a food manufacturer

Elisabeth Kimmel, owner of a media company

Marjorie Klapper, co-owner of a jewelry business

Toby MacFarlane, a former senior executive at a title insurance 
company

William E. McGlashan Jr., a senior executive at TPG, one of the 
world’s biggest private equity firms

Marci Palatella, chief executive of a liquor distributor

Peter Jan “P.J.” Sartorio, a packaged-food entrepreneur

Stephen Semprevivo, an executive at an outsourcing company

David Sidoo, a businessman in Vancouver, British Columbia

Devin Sloane, founder and chief executive of a drinking water 
and wastewater systems business

John Wilson, founder and chief executive of a private-equity and 
real estate development firm

Homayoun Zadeh, an associate professor of dentistry at U.S.C.

Robert Zangrillo, founder and chief executive of a Miami-based 
venture capital and real estate firm

The Athletic Coaches

Athletic coaches from top colleges were also implicated and 
accused of accepting millions of dollars to help students gain 
admission.

Michael Center, head coach of men’s tennis at University of 
Texas at Austin

Gordon Ernst, former head coach of men’s and women’s tennis at 
Georgetown

William Ferguson, women’s volleyball coach at Wake Forest

Donna Heinel, senior associate athletic director at U.S.C.

Laura Janke, former assistant coach of women’s soccer at U.S.C.

Ali Khosroshahin, former head coach of women’s soccer at U.S.C.

Rudolph Meredith, former head coach of women’s soccer at Yale

Jorge Salcedo, former head coach of men’s soccer at University 
of California, Los Angeles

John Vandemoer, former sailing coach at Stanford

Jovan Vavic, former water polo coach at U.S.C.

The Other Players
Teachers, test administrators and private instructors are named 
as co-conspirators in the federal charging documents.

Igor Dvorskiy, test administrator for the College Board and 
A.C.T., accused of accepting bribes to facilitate the cheating 
scheme at the West Hollywood Test Center

Niki Williams, assistant teacher at a public high school in 
Houston and a test administrator for the College Board and 
A.C.T. who is accused of accepting bribes

Mark Riddell, a test proctor accused of tampering with students’ 
test papers to improve scores, and of secretly taking exams in 
place of students

Martin Fox, president of a private tennis academy and camp in 
Houston, accused of acting as a middleman for bribe payments

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/us/felicity-huffman-lori-
loughlin-massimo-giannulli.html?module=inline
   

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