UCLA admitted him as an athletic recruit and even awarded him a scholarship. The teen, however, didn’t play soccer — and his admission was bought with a $100,000 bribe William “Rick” Singer paid to the head coach, according to court documents and sources.
On paper, the high school senior from British Columbia was a promising soccer player. So much so that UCLA admitted the teenager last fall as an athletic recruit and even awarded him a scholarship.
Sui has not been charged with a crime. She didn’t respond to requests for comment. Salcedo has pleaded not guilty, and his attorney declined to comment.Singer cooperated with prosecutors after he was caught last September and pleaded guilty this year to four felonies, admitting he’d rigged college entrance exams for the children of his wealthy clients and misrepresented them as top-notch athletes in sports they didn’t play competitively, or at all. His attorney declined to comment.
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.A spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts, which is prosecuting the college admissions cases, declined to comment.
Tod Tamberg, a spokesman for UCLA, said he was prevented by law and school policy from discussing the situations of individual applicants. But if a student misrepresents information on an application, UCLA can take action “up to and including the revocation of their admission and dismissal from the university,” he said in a statement.
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. Singer had been apprehended and was cooperating with authorities when he gave the alleged payments to Salcedo and Khosroshahin.Salcedo resigned in March from the head coaching post he had held for 15 seasons at UCLA, his alma mater.
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