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At college sports programs across the country, employeed a smart guy to take or correct s.a.t. or a.c.t. tests and allegedly also had two exam administrators in his pocket. >> today, we have charged three people who organized these scams, two s.a.t. or a.c.t. exam administrators, one proctor, nine coaches at elite schools and 33 parents. >> the sailing coach from yale plead guilty today. the water polo coach from usc was arrested. >> these parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege. >> fbi! w...

Told the press conference is starting right now. lets go there and listen in in boston. >> good morning. we are here today to announce charges in the largest college admissions scam every prosecuted by the department of justice. we have charged -- meaning s.a.t. and a.c.t. and second securing admission to elite colleges by bribing coaches at those schools to accept certain students under false pretenses. in return for bribes, these coaches agreed to pretend that certain applicants were recruited...

Tuesday afternoon. im brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. you remember back in the day when you studied really hard and you made that list of your dream colleges and you took those standardized tests, and you spent the extra time on those scholarship applications and waited with bated breath for the letter or team come in the mail? yeah? it turns out if youre rich and famous you could have paid for it. the justice department unveiling what its dubbed "operation varsity blues." prosecuto...

Students into a string of prestigious universities. >> 50 people nationwide. two exam administrators. one exam proctor. one college administrator. nine coaches. 33 parents. >> reporter: the center of the scheme is prep organization the key, founded by william singer. he pleaded guilty to four charges, including money laue i laundering and obstruction of justice. >> wealthy parents paid singer about $25 million in total to guarantee their childrens admission to elite schools. >> reporter: the sch...

Correct the exams and by bribing two exam administrators, defends nicky williams and igor to allow this to happen on their watch. singer paid williams about $5,000 per student. to facilitate the scam, singer counseled parents to take their children to a therapist and get a letter saying that because of purported learning disabilities or other issues, the child needed additional time to complete the a.c.t. or the s.a.t. once the companies that administer those exams had agreed to the extra time, ...

Suspects nabbed in varsity blues include other parents standardized test administrators and high paid test cheaters. >> reporter: operation varsity blues, bust of this international college admission scheme involving bribery, fake tests and fake athletic prowess, dozens of people, from college coaches to hollywood actresses, parents, exam administrators have been arrested facing various charges for their involvement in this conspiracy aimed to help students gain admission to elite institutions, ...

Kids into some of these elite schools. molly line in boston where all of this went down. hey, mollie. >> hi, neil. irs officials, prosecutors, the fbi today announcing the culmination of operation varsity blues the bust-up of this international, national college 2k34eugs schemes bribery faked test and faked athletic prowess as well. hollywood actresses, ceos, parents, exam administrators have been arrested facing various charges for their involvement in this widespread conspiracy. the scheme aim...

Named including ten current or former ceos, a fashion designer, a wine maker, perhaps the most recognizable faces, two actresses, lori louglin and felicity huffman. at the center of this scam was william rick singer, 58 of newport beach, california. hes charged with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy. he ran a college counseling business as well as a reported charity uber wealthy parents paid him combined $25 million to aid them in faking their childs athletic prowess or to pay...

Recruited competitive athletes when in fact the applicants were now. the coaches knew the students credentials had been fabricated. we have charged three people who organized the scams, two exam administrators, one exam proctor. one college administrator. nine coaches at elite schools and 33 parents who paid sums to guarantee their childrens admissions to certain schools. a central defendant in the scene, william singer will plead guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, money laundering co...

Exam for their child or to correct their childs answers afterwards. all to achieve a sufficiently high preagreed score on those tests. singer accomplished this by paying defendant mark ridell, also charged today, to take or correct the exams and by bribing two exam administrators, defendants nicky williams and igore devorsky. singer paid williams $5,000 per student and devorsky about $20,000 per student. to facilitate the exam, singer counseled parents to take their children to a therapist to sa...