Caplan is among 50 people federal prosecutors allege participated in schemes that involved cheating on college entrance exams
and paying $25-million in bribes to buy the children of affluent Americans seats in well-known universities including Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California.
The scam’s mastermind, California college admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer, has pleaded guilty to overseeing a racketeering scheme in which parents paid to help their children cheat on admissions tests and bribe coaches to present them as elite prospects in college sports such as sailing, crew and water polo even if they had no athletic experience.
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