Rick Singer: Who is the CEO behind the college fraud fraud scandal?

Singer is also accused of corrupting college coaches and sports officials to tell them that a future student should be accepted because this student was a rookie for their sports team. But Singer and the coaches knew that the student was not a competitive player and that his sporting profile was false, an indictment said.

"All these things and many other things, I made them," said Singer. "I created a side door that would ensure that families could enter."

Singer tried to help "the richest families"

Parents have paid about $ 25 million to Singer to help their kids get into college, said Andrew Lelling, the Massachusetts Massachusetts attorney.

Prosecutors said Singer had told one of the parents that he wanted to help the most privileged.

"OK, so, who are we? What we do is help the wealthiest families in the United States to educate their children," Singer said, according to prosecutors.

"Key's customer base is based entirely on referrals, so the quality of service provided to many of the world's most reputable families and individuals has provided an incredible base for The Key to expand its offering around the world." , says the site.

Lelling said that the scam has cost less privileged students the education of their dreams.

"For every student admitted for fraud, an honest and truly talented student was rejected."

Singer has been benefiting from education for decades

Singer, 58, is the "CEO and Master Trainer of the world's largest privately owned life coaching and academic consulting firm, The Key," says the company's website.

For the past 20 years, Singer and his team have helped more than 90,000 adults and have guided high school and college students in search of undergraduate and graduate degrees, The Key said.

Singer also co-founded a profitable online high school, the site says.

In 2000, Rick and three other educators created the first online high school, the University of Miami's online high school, in which Rick and his team created a student population of over 18,000 students disbursing each year more than $ 15,000 a year until Kaplan College rights. "

He is a veteran of the call center

According to The Key, Singer's career includes positions such as:

– Senior Manager at The Money Store / First Union Bank, managing retail banking call centers;

– Executive Vice President of West Corporation, the largest publicly traded call center company in the country;

– CEO of one of the largest call centers in India before selling it to ICICI Bank

He is the author of a book entitled 'Getting In'.

The book emphasized the importance for candidates to develop a strong "personal brand".

The Key is an international company

The key is found in 81 US cities and five foreign countries, "working individually with students and parents to develop a game plan for life," says the website.

Coaching takes place at the customer's home or office or remotely by phone or Skype.

The singer could spend the rest of his life behind bars

On Tuesday, Singer pleaded guilty to four charges: racketeering plot, money laundering, tax plot and obstruction of justice.

Aged 58, he could be sentenced to 65 years in prison, three years of probation, a fine of $ 1.25 million and a special assessment of $ 400.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 19th.