$10,000paid per test to a hired ringer who sat exams for other students
A hired test-taker was paid $10,000 a test to sit the SAT or ACT in other students' places, or secretly correct their answers, across 27 exams for 24 students.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in April 2022 to four months in prison and $239,449 in forfeiture.
Source: IRS Criminal Investigation. Read more: college admissions bribery scam · case file
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