March 22 (Reuters) – Jorge Salcedo, head coach of men's football at the University of California at Los Angeles, is among the accused of the largest admissions fraud scheme ever uncovered in the United States. New York Post.
Salcedo was one of nine current or former college coaches, as well as an associate sports director, who were indicted by federal prosecutors in Boston on March 12 in connection with the fraudulent scheme that attracted the National attention.
According to court documents, Salcedo was among the school officials accused of accepting bribes in exchange for nominating candidates for admission as athletes recruited in order to to increase their chances of being accepted into elite universities.
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1. University of California at Los Angeles
Number of applications: 92,728
Ranking and category of American news: 24 (national university)
2. University of California at Berkeley
Number of applications: 78,924
Ranking and category of American news: 20 (tied), National Universities
3. University of California at San Diego
Number of candidates: 78,056
Ranking and category of US news: 44 (tied), National Universities
4. University of California at Irvine
Number of applications: 71,768
Ranking and category of US news: 39 (tied), National Universities
5. University of California at Santa Barbara
Number of applications: 70,444
Ranking and category of US news: 37 (tied), National Universities
6. University of California, Davis
Number of applications: 64,510
Ranking and category of US news: 44 (tied), National Universities
7. San Diego State University
Number of applications: 58,970
Ranking and category of US news: 146 (tied), National Universities
8. California State University, Long Beach
Number of applications: 56,975
Ranking and category of American news: 35 (tied), Regional Universities (West)
9. New York Universities
Number of applications: 56,092
Ranking and category of US news: 36, National Universities
10. Boston University
Number of applications: 54,781
Ranking and category of US news: 39 (tied), National Universities
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UCLA officials have put Salcedo on leave last week after learning that he was accused of having accepted up to $ 200,000 for helping two students to be admitted to the school. masquerading as competitive football players.
Neither a spokesman for UCLA nor a representative of Salcedo were immediately available for comment.
(Report by Rich McKay, edited by William Maclean)
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