Big tech venture capitalist charged in massive college entrance cheating scam
The founder and CEO at tech venture capital firm Dragon Global is one of 40 people charged in a $25 million college entrance cheating scheme.
After Zangrillo's daughter was initially rejected from the University of Southern California in 2017, Zangrillo allegedly conspired to bribe athletic department officials of the USC crew team to label his daughter an athletic recruit, despite his daughter never rowing competitively, according to the criminal complaint.
"Crew coach got on the phone with me, said, 'Okay, I will take her. You guys help us, we'll help you. I'll take USC accepted Zangrillo's daughter with the parameter that she maintain a 3.3 GPA or higher in at least 12 class units with no grade lower than a C.
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