Twelve college coaches, sports administrators and test administrators each pleaded not guilty to racketeering in federal court as part of the sprawling college admissions scandal
Gordon Ernst, Donna Heinel, Laura Janke, Ali Khosroshahin, Mikaela Sanford, Steven Masera, Martin Fox, Igor Dvorskiy, Lisa"Niki" Williams, William Ferguson, Jorge Salcedo and Jovan Vavic each pleaded not guilty to racketeering during their arraignments.Ernst, Khosroshahin, Janke, Vavic, Salcedo and Ferguson were college coaches. Heinel was the senior associate athletic director at USC. Williams and Dvorskiy were standardized test administrators.
How 34 recorded phone calls helped prosecutors bring down the college admissions scamProsecutors said the defendants carried out a scheme to cheat on standardized tests and/or bribe college coaches, who then helped the prospective students gain admission to a university by falsely claiming the students were athletic recruits.Read MoreOf the 50 defendants, four people have pleaded guilty or plan to plead guilty in the case, according to prosecutors.
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