UNITEDSTATESDISTRICT
COURT
DISTRICTOFMASSACHUSETTSUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA
V
RUDOLPH RUDY
MEREDITH,
Defendant
riminal
No
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Violations:
CountOne:ConspiracytoCommitWireFraud
and
HonestServicesWireFraud
(18U.S.C.
§1349)
Count
Two:
Honest
Services
WireFraud
(18U.S.C.
§§1343and1346)
Forfeiture
Allegation:
(18
U.S.C.§
981(a)(1)(C)and
28U.S.C.§2461(c))
INFORMATION
At
all
timesrelevanttothis
Information:GeneralAllegations
1.
The
defendant,
RUDOLPH
RUDY
MEREDITH,was
a
resident
of
Madison,
Connecticut.Fromapproximately1995throughNovember2018,MEREDITHwasemployedas
thehead
women s
soccercoachatYaleUniversity.
2.YaleUniversity( Yale )isahighlyselectiveprivateuniversitylocatedinNewHaven,Connecticut.Theathleticteams
of
YalecompeteinmostsportsattheDivisionIlevel,
thehighestlevel
of
intercollegiateathleticssanctionedbytheNationalCollegiateAthletic
Association( NCAA ).TheYaleadmissionsofficetypicallyallocatesanumber
of
admissions
slotstotheYaleathleticsdepartment,whichthenallocatestheadmissionsslotstoeachheadcoach
of
avarsitysportforthatcoach srecruitedathletes.Theadmissionsprospects
of
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athletesarehigherthanthose
of
non-recruitedathleteswithsimilargradesandstandardizedtest
s ores
3.WilliamRickSingerwasaresident,variously,
of
SacramentoandNewportBeach,Califomia.SingerownedtheEdgeCollege CareerNetwork,LLC,alsoknownas TheKey,
afor-profitcollegecoimselingandpreparationbusinessthathefoundedinorabout2007and
incorporatedintheState
of
Califomiainorabout2012.Singeralsoservedaschiefexecutive
officer
of
theKeyWorldwideFoundation( KWF ),anon-profitcorporationthatheestablished
asapurportedcharityinorabout2012.KWFmaintainedseveralbankaccoimts(collectively,the
KWF
charitableaccounts ).
4.YaleApplicant1andYaleApplicant2wereresidents
of
Califomia.
The
onspiracv
5.Beginninginorabout2015,MEREDITHagreedwithSingerandothersknownand
unknowntotheUnitedStatesAttomeytoacceptbribesinexchangefordesignatingapplicantsto
YaleasrecmitsfortheYalewomen'ssoccerteam,andtherebyfacilitatingtheiradmissiontothe
university,inviolation
of
theduty
of
honestservicesheowedtoYaleashisemployer.
Pumosesand
Objects
the
onspiracv
6.Theprincipalpurposesandobjects
of
theconspiracyincludedthefollov^g:
a.tofacilitate
theadmission
of
studentsto
Yale
as
recmited
athletes,
regardless
of
theirathleticability;and
b.toenrichMEREDITHandSingerpersonally.
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MannerandMeans
theConspiracy
7.AmongthemannerandmeansbywhichMEREDITH,Singerandothersknown
andunknowntotheUnitedStatesAttorneycarriedouttheconspiracywerethefollowing:
a.retainingclientswillingtopaybribestouniversityathleticcoachesand
administratorsinordertogainadmissionfortheirchildrentohighlyselectiveuniversities,
includingYale;
b.designatingthechildren
of
thoseclientsaspurportedrecruitsfor
competitivecollegeathleticteamsinteamsinexchangeforbribes;
c.concealingthenatureandsource
of
thebribepaymentsbyfunneling
paymentsthroughtheKWFcharitableaccounts.ActsinFurtherance
of
theConspiracv8.OnvariousdatesbetweenApril2015andApril2018,MEREDITH,Singerand
othersknownandunknowntotheUnitedStatesAttomeycommittedandcausedtobecommitted
thefollowingacts,amongothers,infurtherance
of
theconspiracy:9.InearlyNovember2017,Singerwasintroducedtothefamily
of
YaleApplicant1
throughaLosAngeles-basedfinancialadvisor.10.OnoraboutNovember8,2017,anemployee
of
thefinancialadvisorsentSinger
ane-mailstatingthatYaleApplicant1
s
fatherwishedtomakea donation to one
of
thosetop
schools forhisdaughter s application.
11.Thenextday.SingersentMEREDITHYaleApplicant
I s
resumeandpersonal
statement,whichcontainedlinkstoYaleApplicant
I s
artportfolio.Singerwrotethathewould
revise the
materials
to soccer.
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