A mural of George Floyd is shown in the intersection of 38th St & Chicago Ave on March 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community members continue preparations during the third day in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with multiple counts of murder in the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 01: President Donald Trump's lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to journalists outside the White House West Wing July 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. Giuliani did an on-camera interview with One America News Network's Chanel Rion before talking to other journalists about Vice President Joe Biden and the news that Russian intelligence may have paid Taliban operatives to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 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(Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty Images) A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) 'Never seen levels like this': Union president on airline passenger misconduct Memorial Day weekend will bring rain and cool air for much of the East STANFORD, CA - MARCH 12: Cyclists ride by Hoover Tower on the Stanford University campus on March 12, 2019 in Stanford, California. More than 40 people, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, have been charged in a widespread elite college admission bribery scheme. Parents, ACT and SAT administrators and coaches at universities including Stanford, Georgetown, Yale, and the University of Southern California have been charged. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (CNN) — Stanford University expelled a student who put false material in their college application and was linked to a $500,000 donation from the charity at the heart of the college admissions scam. “We determined that some of the material in the student’s application is false, and, in accordance with our policies, have rescinded admission,” Stanford said in an update on its website. “Any credits earned have also been vacated. The student is no longer on Stanford’s campus.” The student is not named in the statement or in court documents. Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer pleaded guilty last month to conspiracy to commit racketeering for arranging bribes of $110,000 and $160,000 to the sailing program in exchange for falsely designating two applicants as sailing recruits. Neither of the students had competitive sailing experience, the criminal complaint states. The money was funneled from wealthy parents to a charity run by Rick Singer, who then directed the payments to Vandemoer, according to the complaint. However, neither of those students completed the application process, so neither were admitted nor enrolled at the school, Stanford said. A third student, though, was associated with a contribution to Stanford’s sailing program from the charity central to the scam, known as Key Worldwide Foundation, Stanford said. “The contribution was made several months after the student was admitted to Stanford. The student had no recommendation from the former sailing coach, or any other coach, and has not at any time had an affiliation with the Stanford sailing program or any other Stanford athletic team,” Stanford said. Stanford said KWF contributed a total of $770,000 to the sailing program in the form of three separate gifts. Given that the two students who did not enroll were associated with gifts of $110,000 and $160,000 to the sailing program, the third student was therefore associated with a gift of $500,000. Stanford is the second school to expel a student as part of the fallout of the college admissions scam. Yale University kicked out a student two weeks ago whose family paid $1.2 million to get her admitted as a fake soccer player.<doc-sep>John Vandemoer, the former sailing coach, was fired and has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. He accepted bribes totaling $270,000 from two prospective students, neither of whom wound up attending Stanford, according to court records. The unidentified student was not a member of the Stanford sailing team, but was associated with a donation made to the school by the Key Worldwide Foundation, which is at the center of the college admissions scandal that has led to dozens of indictments. The student expelled from Stanford was not mentioned in the indictment, and had no official recommendation for admission from Vandemoer. However, school officials said they "determined that some of the material in the student’s application is false and, in accordance with our policies, have rescinded admission." The student's credits have also been vacated and she "is no longer on Stanford’s campus." According to the Stanford Daily, the student got into the school through the standard admissions process, but after she was admitted, a $500,000 donation to the sailing team was made via Vandemoer. In a note to the school, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell said they will more prudently review and verify recruited athletes' credentials going forward. "We know that this episode has jarred the trust of many Americans in the college admissions process, and it has prompted many questions from the Stanford community," the school officials said. "We are determined to take the right steps at Stanford to ensure the integrity of our process and to work toward rebuilding that trust." Universities involved in the admissions scandal are now having to grapple with what to do with students who were admitted as part of the scheme. In March, Yale University rescinded admission for a student whose family allegedly paid $1.2 million to get her in. On Monday, prosecutors said Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents, as well as a coach, will plead guilty to bribery and gaming entrance systems as part of the scam.<doc-sep>PALO ALTO — Stanford University has expelled a female student who “fabricated sailing credentials” in her college application, quietly announcing in a short statement posted on its website Tuesday that the student’s admission has been rescinded after the university confirmed “some of the material in the student’s application is false.” The university has previously said the student was admitted through the university’s normal process, without the recommendation of disgraced sailing coach John Vandemoer or any other university coach or athletic team. The $500,000 contribution to the sailing program was made “several months after the student was admitted,” Stanford said in a statement March 21. Of the three applicants known to be associated with the admissions scheme, the female student expelled was the only one to be admitted. “Any credits earned have also been vacated. The student is no longer on Stanford’s campus,” according to the university’s statement posted on April 2. News of the student’s expulsion was first reported by Stanford Daily, the university’s student paper, on Sunday. A spokesperson for Stanford did not immediately return a request for comment Sunday evening. Vandemoer was fired after he pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering, admitting that he agreed to hold open admission spots, reserved for athletic recruiting, for two other applicants who falsely claimed to be competitive sailors. Neither of those two students completed the admissions process and were not actually admitted to the school, according to Stanford. According to federal court transcripts from Vandemoer’s plea hearing, the female student applied in late 2016 and “was ultimately accepted to Stanford partly due to the fact that she had fabricated sailing credentials,” falsified by William Rick Singer, the man at the center of the scheme who used a fake charity to funnel bribes and donations to schools. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Rosen, one of the federal prosecutors on the case, told a judge that Vandemoer did not help the student’s “application in any material way.” Vandemoer wasn’t charged in connection with the female student or the payment, and his lawyers say there is no evidence to show he did anything to help that student get into the elite school. “I’m telling you, he did nothing,” Rob Fisher, his attorney, told this news organization in March.<doc-sep>
Stanford University announced they had "rescinded admission" after determining "some of the material in the student's application is false" A student has been expelled from Stanford University for their alleged involvement in the nationwide college admissions scandal. In the April 2 announcement — which does not identify the student — school officials wrote that they had “rescinded admission” after determining “some of the material in the student’s application is false.” “Any credits earned have also been vacated. The student is no longer on Stanford’s campus,” the university added in the statement. When reached for comment by PEOPLE, Stanford University declined to provide additional information about what material in the student’s application had been falsified. The Stanford Daily, the prestigious school’s independent student newspaper, reported that the former student is a female who “included fabricated sailing credentials in her application, which is grounds for expulsion according to University practice.” “Though she was accepted through the standard process and not as a recruited athlete, her admission was followed by a $500,000 contribution to Stanford’s sailing program paid through former head coach John Vandemoer, who was fired after agreeing to plead guilty for accepting donations in exchange for recommending non-sailors as recruited athletes,” the newspaper reported. Hoover Tower, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Stanford University | Credit: Getty Vandemoer pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering, according to NBC Bay Area. According to federal charging documents, Vandemoer designated two clients of William “Rick” Singer, the admitted mastermind behind the college admissions bribery scandal, as sailing recruits for the university. Although neither student ended up attending the school, Vandemoer still allegedly received $270,000 in payments from Singer on behalf of his clients. Citing court documents, Mercury News reported in March that Vandemoer had also received a $500,000 payment from Singer’s nonprofit organization, Key Worldwide Foundation (“KWF”), on behalf of a student who had “fabricated sailing credentials” in her 2016 application. In Vandemoer’s plea hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Rosen told the judge Vandemoer didn’t help the student’s “application in any material way,” according to the outlet. Stanford previously announced that “the contribution was made several months after the student was admitted to Stanford.” Additionally, according to the school, “the student had no recommendation from the former sailing coach, or any other coach, and has not at any time had an affiliation with the Stanford sailing program or any other Stanford athletic team.” The university previously confirmed that “a total of $770,000 was contributed” to the sailing program “in the form of three separate gifts” by Singer’s foundation. Vandemoer, who has been released from custody, is scheduled to appear in court for sentencing on June 12, according to federal charging documents. felicity-huffman Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin | Credit: Charles Krupa/AP/REX/Shutterstock; Steven Senne/AP/REX/Shutterstock Fifty people — including parents, coaches and admissions officials — have been charged as part of the college admissions scheme, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. Prosecutors allege dozens of wealthy parents — including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin — paid sometimes exorbitant sums to admissions consultant Singer and his nonprofit organization, Key Worldwide Foundation. Prosecutors allege he helped students cheat on their SATs, sometimes without their knowledge, as well as bribe coaches and administrators to accept wealthy parents’ children.