A $100,000 bribe got teen a UCLA soccer scholarship without even playing
LA TimesOn paper, the high school senior from British Columbia was a promising soccer player. The teen, however, didn’t play soccer — and his admission to UCLA was bought with a $100,000 bribe William “Rick” Singer paid to Jorge Salcedo, then the head coach of the UCLA men’s soccer program, according to court documents and sources with knowledge of the case. Given the number of parents allegedly involved in Singer’s conspiracy, experts said, jurisdiction issues may have led prosecutors to prioritize his clients who live in the United States and defer pursuing those overseas. Singer mailed Salcedo a $100,000 check in October 2018, the indictment says, and in exchange, Salcedo designated the son of one of his clients as a soccer recruit, “despite the fact that the student did not play competitive soccer.” A recruiting profile for Sui’s son was embellished with bogus accolades that depicted him as a club soccer standout, a person familiar with the case said. The indictment that outlines Singer’s alleged deal in 2018 with Salcedo says Ali Khosroshahin, a former USC soccer coach, was paid $25,000 for arranging the bribe.
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