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NextImg:Man behind ‘Varsity Blues’ admission scandal back at work as admissions consultant

The man who bribed university staff and faked transcripts to help the children of his clients get into college is once again working as an admissions consultant.

William “Rick” Singer pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of justice in 2019 and was sentenced in 2023 to 3.5 years in prison and three years of supervised release.

Famous clients of Singer included Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.



Singer, now on supervised release, works for admissions consulting firm ID Future Stars, which is owned by his sister, according to CNN.

Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered a disclaimer be put on the firm’s website, also provided to parents or students who seek to hire him, detailing the charges against him and other details of the “Varsity Blues” scandal.

“Singer admitted to, among other things: bribing standardized test proctors and administrators to engage in cheating on [the SAT and ACT]; falsifying students’ academic transcripts by paying third parties to take classes in their names; falsifying students’ college applications with fake awards, athletic activities and fabricated essays; and bribing college athletic coaches and administrators, through purported donations to their programs and personal bribes, to designate students as athletic recruits based on falsified athletic credentials,” the notice reads in part.

The notice also points out that Singer took $25 million from clients to do those things and paid more than $7 million in bribes to other co-conspirators.

Singer offers his own take on the situation elsewhere on the ID Future Stars website.

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“I am not afraid to tell people who I am and that I made a mistake, took full responsibility and want to share my expertise, passion and desire to help shape our next generation’s leaders. … The important values I learned in my journey is to stay away from the gray areas in college admissions and institutional advancement,” Singer said on the firm’s “About” page.

Singer’s attorney, Aaron Katz, told CNN that “the purely theoretical risk of recidivism does not warrant” restrictions on what jobs Singer can pursue.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.