A student has beenexpelled from Stanford Universityfor their alleged involvement in thenationwide college admissions scandal.
In the April 2 announcement — which does not identify the student — school officials wrote that they had “rescinded admission” after determining “some of the material in the student’s application is false.”
“Any credits earned have also been vacated. The student is no longer on Stanford’s campus,” the university added in the statement.
The Stanford Daily, the prestigious school’s independent student newspaper, reported that the former student is a female who “included fabricated sailing credentials in her application, which is grounds for expulsion according to University practice.”
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Vandemoerpleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering, according to NBC Bay Area.
According tofederal charging documents, Vandemoer designated two clients of William “Rick” Singer, the admitted mastermind behind the college admissions bribery scandal, as sailing recruits for the university. Although neither student ended up attending the school, Vandemoer still allegedly received $270,000 in payments from Singer on behalf of his clients.
Citing court documents,Mercury Newsreported in March that Vandemoer had also received a $500,000 payment from Singer’s nonprofit organization, Key Worldwide Foundation (“KWF”), on behalf of a student who had “fabricated sailing credentials” in her 2016 application.
In Vandemoer’s plea hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Rosen told the judge Vandemoer didn’t help the student’s “application in any material way,” according to the outlet.
Stanford previously announced that “the contribution wasmade several monthsafter the student was admitted to Stanford.”
Additionally, according to the school, “the student had no recommendation from the former sailing coach, or any other coach, and has not at any time had an affiliation with the Stanford sailing program or any other Stanford athletic team.”
Vandemoer, who has been released from custody, is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing on June 12, according to federal charging documents.
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Fifty people — including parents, coaches and admissions officials — have been charged as part of the college admissions scheme, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
Prosecutors allege dozens of wealthy parents — including actressesFelicity HuffmanandLori Loughlin— paid sometimes exorbitant sums to admissions consultant Singer and his nonprofit organization, Key Worldwide Foundation. Prosecutors allege he helped students cheat on their SATs, sometimes without their knowledge, as well as bribe coaches and administrators to accept wealthy parents’ children.
Loughlin, Huffman and other defendantsappeared in court last week, but have not yet entered pleas to the charges against them.
source: people.com
