Mother paid $100,000 to get her son into UCLA

UCLA

Another Chinese family has been linked to the college admissions scandal.
Xiaoning Sui of Vancouver, Canada is the latest parent implicated in the college admission bribery scandal after she allegedly funded the $100,000 bribe that got her son into UCLA as a sham soccer recruit, according to the LA Times.

Sui's son was not named by the LA Times because he is a minor. She allegedly agreed to pay Singer $400,000 for help in getting her son admitted to UCLA, making a deposit of an unknown amount toward the total sum in October 2018.

Sui’s son was granted provisional admission in October but was never officially accepted or enrolled at UCLA, according to UCLA Athletics.

Because Sui lives in a foreign country, prosecutors would have to get permission from the Department of Justice to file charges.

Several other families from China paid huge sums to get their children into US colleges. One of the families reportedly paid $6.5 million to get a Chinese billionaire's daughter, Yusi Xhao, into Stanford. None of the foreign families have been charged.

In a statement, the lawyer for the mother of Chinese student Yusi Zhao said the California-based so-called college admissions counselor Rick Singer took advantage of her family’s inexperience with the American system of higher education and duped her into paying millions of dollars that was supposed to help low-income students.

Jorge Salcedo, the former UCLA soccer coach, was fired by the school. He pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering. He has a court appointment on Oct. 1.

Overall, 34 parents have been charged in the case consisting of 51 total defendants, according to the LA Times. Fifteen parents have pled guilty.

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