A federal grand jury has indicted a Palo Alto couple on charges they hired William “Rick” Singer, the confessed ringleader of a college admissions cheating scam, to rig their son’s college entrance exam, according to court records filed Tuesday.
, to rig their son’s college entrance exam, according to court records filed Tuesday.
athletic coaches or administrators at a particular school to sell one of the spots colleges set aside for athletes. Patric Hooper, one of the attorneys representing the Colburns, said prosecutors rebuffed requests from the couple’s legal team to learn the strength of the government’s case by showing some of the evidence gathered against the Colburns. And prosecutors made clear that both the husband and wife would have to plead guilty to a felony as part of a plea agreement, Hooper said.
The West Hollywood school was run by Igor Dvorskiy, a Sherman Oaks resident who has been indicted on a racketeering charge. Dvorskiy and an administrator at a school in Houston are accused of accepting five-figure sums from Singer each time they let Mark Riddell, an expert at taking the SAT and other exams, cheat on a student’s exam, according to the indictment. Riddell has admitted his part in the operation and said he plans to plead guilty.
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