The mastermind behind the U.S. admissions fraud case, Rick Singer, took bribes and packaged his customers as famous sports students or paid proctors to “change papers” or “fill in” for exams. The goal was to get ordinary students into the world’s best schools. This scandal is now shown in front of the world in the form of a documentary.
It is not surprising that admissions fraud in the United States continues. The US media has recently revealed that 19 Chinese students were admitted to American universities, including New York University, Columbia University and Boston College, through illegal means. The masterminds behind the case were two Chinese students.
The Daily News reported on March 8 that two Chinese students were indicted by a Los Angeles federal jury for a visa fraud scheme.
One of the defendants was charged with using falsified transcripts, ghostwritten admissions essays and impostors. Standardized tests were then used to help foreign nationals gain admission to universities so they could fraudulently obtain offers of admission and student visas to enter or remain in the United States.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Yi Chen, 33, of Monrovia, pleaded not guilty to one count of a 21-count grand jury indictment. The indictment charges conspiracy, visa fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Yi Chen is currently in custody awaiting trial, which was scheduled for May 4. Chen’s co-defendant, Li Yixin, was arraigned on March 2 and pleaded not guilty at a sentencing hearing in Los Angeles federal court.
The indictment alleges that Chen and Lee both owned “educational consulting” companies in Alhambra and Arcadia that charged foreign students thousands of dollars to “guarantee” the issuance of F-1 student visas. The companies prepared forged or altered transcripts of applications and hired people to pose as prospective students to take standardized tests. The indictment alleges that they found that as many as 19 Chinese students were among their “customers.
These students gained admission to schools including New York University, Columbia University, Boston College and several campuses of the University of California.
If Chen and Li are convicted of the conspiracy, they face a maximum sentence of five years in prison. They are also charged with fraud, misuse of visas and other documents in a variety of ways, which can carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
It is worth noting that Chen and Lee were linked to a group of impostors in an incident in which Chinese Americans were arrested as gunmen taking the TOEFL exam on their behalf and face up to 17 years in prison.
According to the U.S. World Journal, five Chinese were arrested by U.S. federal agencies in March 2019. They allegedly worked as gunmen on multiple occasions to take the TOEFL exam on behalf of Chinese students. They were charged with 26 counts, including conspiracy to use a false passport and aggravated identity theft.
One of the suspects is a Chinese student. He is Cai Liu, 23, of UCLA, who is suspected of taking the TOEFL test on at least five occasions and settling in the United States on an international student visa. The indictment shows that Cai Liu registered as many as 14 Chinese students for the test from 2015-2016, and that he paid the gunman $400 after each test.
It is saddening to see how desperate he is to take the path of no return when he is obviously a highly talented student. What should be the connection between money and educational equity?In May 2019, major media in Europe and the United States have exposed the scandal: the president of a Chinese pharmaceutical, spent $6.5 million to send his daughter Yusi to Stanford University.
Stanford’s president claimed that Zhao paid a heavy bribe to William Singer, Stanford’s sailing coach, to make his daughter a sailing athlete, when in reality she had never participated in training. The school was unaware of this at the Time and accepted her on that basis. After her daughter received the offer, her Parents followed Singer’s offer and “donated” $6.5 million to Stanford through the man’s foundation.
Stanford says the school never received the money, so it seems it all went into the man’s pocket. After the bribery admissions scandal came to light, the coach involved, Singh, was arrested, and Stanford expelled Yusi from the program after removing her credits.
Singh was arrested and admitted to bribing multiple times, pleading guilty to all four charges. In court, Singh’s statement made those around him sweat even more. He used his contacts to form a well-connected “cheating network” to facilitate the payment of money to candidates. Not only did he bribe college coaches to create fake documents, but he also paid off the administrators of the ACT and SAT to modify test scores until Singer was satisfied.
Yes, modifying the U.S. college entrance exam results is so smooth …… carefully counted, there are actually more than 50 people cooperating to complete the process of admission cheating. This includes schoolboys and Hollywood stars and corporate presidents through their own way to bribe candidates to “bail” into the school.
The key figure in the team – Riddle, a Harvard graduate with a brilliant mind. For $10,000, he takes the ACT instead of the test taker. To pursue this high-paying career, Riddle moved to Los Angeles and Houston. The examiners at both test sites were also bribed by Singer. The test substitution and score changes were unstoppable.
Another central figure was the “coach” also came from an unusual background. His name is Rudolph Rudy Meredith, who has been Yale’s women’s soccer coach since 1955 and has trained Ivy League champions. Yale’s official website once said, “This is the best coach we’ve had since the school was founded!” But she hooked up with Singer anyway. For $400,000, she could make the candidate his “soccer recruit. In addition to Yusi, she got another Chinese student, Guo, accepted to Yale.
Later, the coach’s appetite grew, even breaking away from Singh to deal directly with wealthy families ……
“The Singh fraud case is the largest admissions fraud case in the United States, involving eight schools, including Yale, Stanford and Georgetown, and 51 people have been criminally charged, including 33 wealthy parents who paid bribes.
This case has put many people in court. These criminals, with their elite hats and educator’s halo, appeared to the world to be the least likely type to commit adultery.
These rich kids were also taught a “vivid” lesson – that parents and professors tell them by their actions that “money buys everything” instead of remaining true to their ideals and fairness. Education Education has become a game for the rich. And for those who break the law by destroying education fairness, only the law is waiting for them.
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