Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin among actresses, CEOs charged in alleged college admissions scam

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45. A big law firm partner is involved

Wilkie Farr is a white shoe law firm and this will be big news in legal circles https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/big-time-attorney-implicated-in-alleged-college-entrance-scam-of-national-proportions/

Among the dozens of individuals accused of taking part in the scam is Gordon Caplan, currently the co-chairman of major global law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. According to court documents, Caplan paid $75,000 to William Rick Singer‘s Key Worldwide Foundation, a charity organization that was allegedly used to orchestrate the scam. He’s been charged with with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.

The Justice Department, including a transcript of a conversation allegedly between Caplan and an unidentified party, claims that Caplan paid the money as part of an agreement that would have his daughter declared as having a learning “discrepancy” in order for her to get extended time to take the exam, which she would also be permitted to take at this unnamed person’s school, with a proctor ensuring that she got the desired score.

According to court documents, Caplan paid $25,000 before his daughter took the test, and $50,000 afterwards.

According to Caplan’s bio on the Willkie Farr website, he is not only the co-chairman of the firm, but a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a partner practicing in their Private Equity Practice Group and Corporate & Financial Services Department. He earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, and a B.A. from Cornell.