Thirty-three parents have been indicted as part of Operation Varsity Blues, but the complaint filed last week in federal court makes it clear that not every child was in the dark about the scandal.
In most cases, the children did not think their test scores were being edited by proctors to ensure higher scores, but at least one teenager 'gloated' about cheating the system after her test according to the complaint filed last week.
On the flip side, it seems that a number of the children who were submitted as athletic candidates at these colleges and universities were aware of the deception.
This includes the young woman who earned a spot on the UCLA soccer team alongside members of the US national team, despite the fact that she had never played the sport at an elite level and had a 'falsified soccer profile' submitted with her application.
Her team photo is even included on the school's soccer website.
When asked if there is a chance these students, or any others, might be charged, a spokesperson for the US Attorney's Office told DailyMail.com that the investigation is ongoing and the US Attorney had not ruled out the possibility of additional charges.
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Put me in coach: Lauren Isackson actually joined the UCLA soccer team (her player profile above) despite never playing at an elite level, where her teammates include members of the US national team
Sister, sister: Olivia Giannulli (left with sister Isabella on right) , the daughter of Lori Loughlin, posted on an ergometer for her application to USC, with her parents claiming she was on a crew team
William Rick Singer, the mastermind behind this illegal plot, was sneaking in more and more athletes with each passing year.
'You can tell them I did 760 of these this year, 96 the year before,' he said in one phone call with a parent.
The complaint submitted last week explains how he went about this using his connections and his clients' vast fortunes.
'As part of the scheme, [Singer], together with others, also fabricated athletic "profiles" for students, which [Singer] submitted to the Universities in support of the students’ applications, and which contained falsified athletic credentials—including fake honors the students had purportedly received and elite athletic teams they had purportedly played on,' read the criminal complaint that was submitted int he case last week.
'In some instances, parents assisted CW-1 in creating the fabricated profiles, including by supplying staged photographs of their children engaged in athletic activity. In other instances, CW-1 and 15 his associates simply found photos of athletes on the Internet and either used those photos or used software such as PhotoShop to insert the applicants’ faces onto the bodies of legitimate athletes.'
Much less work was involved in falsifying tests for students, as Singer explained to one parent while breaking down the process.
'So then what’ll happen is, instead of wherever she was going to take the test ... the proctor, will fly in, and he will show up on Friday night, just like you guys would show upon Friday night, and then on Saturday morning at 7:45, 8 o’clock, you guys will show up at the school,' explained Singer.
'[T]hen what’ll happen is, you’ll go in ... she’ll take the test. It’ll be all her taking the test and then at the end of the test, it would be decided that we want to score, let’s say, 33, so that she never has to take the test again. It’ll be one and done. Then she’ll-- you guys will leave and then [the hired proctor] will then look at all of her answers. Because her answers will be put on a separate sheet of paper and then [the hired proctor] will go through the answers and will figure out ... on all four sections and he will decipher her answers and-- and he will go back and-- and ensure that he makes it so that her score ends up being between a 32 and 34, just depending on the curve for that particular test day. And normally he’s right on. And that is essentially how it would happen.'
Here is a look at the allegations against each parent, and what knowledge their child had according to the complaint.
Pay for play: Isabelle Henriquez (above) , the daughter of Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez, 'gloated' with her mother after getting the answers on her SAT states the complaint
Elizabeth and Manuel Henriquez
Isabelle Henriquez was very much aware and very much a willing participant in the cheating scandal according to federal prosecutors.
The complaint filed last week even noted that after Isabelle sat side-by-side with her proctor taking her SAT, she and her mother 'gloated' about how they had cheated on the exam and managed to do so without getting caught.
That was just the first step however, with then family later flying to Houston where Isabelle took her ACT while being given the answers by a proctor.
Henriquez did not have to pay for that, and instead used his clout to help Singer get a student admitted to Northeastern, where he is an alum, according to the US Attorney.
This same practice was then repeated for the couple's younger daughter claim federal prosecutors.
The test scores in place, the couple then worked to get Isabelle in at Georgetown by falsely claiming she was a seasoned tennis player.
Singer drafted the note that was then sent to Gordon Ernst, the tennis coach at the school, but it was the daughter who sent it from her account.
'I have been really successful this summer playing tennis around the country. I am looking forward to having a chance to be part of the Georgetown tennis team and make a positive contribution to your team’s success,' read the note.
Isabelle then included a wealth of false information on her application according to the complaint.
'In addition to the falsified essay, the application falsely indicated that she played "club tennis" all through high school for 20 hours per week and 52 weeks per year, and listed her as having a "Top 50 ranking" in the United States Tennis Association ("USTA") Junior Girls Tennis for her sophomore through senior years of high school, and as being on the USTA All-Academic Team for tennis for her junior and senior years,' reads the complaint.
'In fact, records obtained from the USTA do not show that she played at any USTA tournaments in high school.'
A foot note on that page, one of the rare few included in the complaint, adds: 'At her best, she appears to have ranked 207th in Northern California in the under-12 girls division, with an overall win/loss record of 2-8.'
In the dark: Felicity Huffman's daughter Georgia and Sofia (left in January with their parents) seemed to be unaware of the scandal
Felicity Huffman
