>Warehousing company owner I-Hsin “Joey” Chen admits to paying $75,000 to facilitate cheating on his son's ACT exam
>Chen is the 38th, and final parent, in the case involving Singer’s exam cheating and athletic recruitment scheme, to either plead guilty or be convicted by a jury following trial.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-parent-pleads-guilty-college-admissions-case-1
BOSTON – The owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
I-Hsin “Joey” Chen, 67, of Newport Beach, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and honest services wire fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for April 20, 2022. Chen was previously scheduled for trial on Jan. 13, 2022.
Chen admitted to his role in a scheme to defraud ACT, Inc. by paying William “Rick” Singer $75,000 to bribe Igor Dvorskiy, a corrupt test administrator, to allow Mark Riddell, a corrupt test “proctor,” to secretly correct Chen’s son’s ACT exam answers to obtain a fraudulently inflated score.
Singer, Dvorskiy and Riddell have pleaded guilty for their respective roles in the scheme.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, the defendant has agreed to a sentence, subject to the Court’s approval, of nine weeks in prison, one year of supervised release with 100 hours of community service and a fine of $75,000.
>Chen is the 38th, and final parent, in the case involving Singer’s exam cheating and athletic recruitment scheme, to either plead guilty or be convicted by a jury following trial.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/california-parent-pleads-guilty-college-admissions-case-1
BOSTON – The owner of a warehousing company for the shipping industry pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
I-Hsin “Joey” Chen, 67, of Newport Beach, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and honest services wire fraud. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for April 20, 2022. Chen was previously scheduled for trial on Jan. 13, 2022.
Chen admitted to his role in a scheme to defraud ACT, Inc. by paying William “Rick” Singer $75,000 to bribe Igor Dvorskiy, a corrupt test administrator, to allow Mark Riddell, a corrupt test “proctor,” to secretly correct Chen’s son’s ACT exam answers to obtain a fraudulently inflated score.
Singer, Dvorskiy and Riddell have pleaded guilty for their respective roles in the scheme.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, the defendant has agreed to a sentence, subject to the Court’s approval, of nine weeks in prison, one year of supervised release with 100 hours of community service and a fine of $75,000.
