Former Harvard fencing coach arrested over college admissions

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

Peter Brand, the former fencing coach at Harvard, and Jie Zhao, a Maryland businessman, were arrested Monday morning and charged with conspiracy.

Brand allegedly conspired with Zhao, the chief executive of a telecommunications company, to facilitate the admission of Zhao's sons to Harvard by recruiting them to join the men's fencing team in exchange for money.

According to court documents, Brand told a co-conspirator, "Jack doesn't need to take me anywhere and his boys don't have to be great fencers. All I need is a good incentive to recruit them[.] You can tell him that[.]"

In February 2013, as part of the alleged scheme, Zhao made a purported donation of $1 million to a fencing charity operated by a co-conspirator.

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Zhao also paid for a car, made tuition payments for Brand's son, made mortgage payments and then purchased Brand's house for far above market value, and paid to renovate a new home for the coach.

[Blue Owl]

1. Sounds like his plans were foiled

[jrthin]

2. LOL

[JudyM]

3. Touche.

Touché.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Lol

[Aristus]

7. They're in for a bout of court dates.

Crossing swords with the prosecution won't be fun...

[bucolic_frolic]

4. The biggest crooks are where the money's at

Hope they make the financial fallout far larger than was exchanged, and throw them in the slammer for a few years too.

But you know, it's Ivy League white collar crime, so you'd best just spank these naughty boys!

[marble falls]

5. A crime of Epee-c proportions. I hope he gets a sharp rebuke.