Corruption

The Mastermind Behind The College Admissions Scandal Used To Be A Crazy Middle School Basketball Coach

Singer is now widely known as the mastermind behind the sprawling college admissions scandal that the FBI uncovered earlier this year. Singer founded The Key, a company that spent years using bribes, fraudulent test scores, and phony athletic recruiting profiles to get the children of some of the wealthiest people in the country accepted into the colleges of their choice. Singer eventually became a cooperating witness for the FBI, and the resulting investigation entangled dozens of people, including coaches, administrators, and various Hollywood stars.

A November 2000 article in the Omaha World Herald says Singer had come to Omaha to work for a major telemarketing firm, West Corporation. He had come from Sacramento, where in 1992 he had made his first entry into the college admissions industry, founding Future Stars College & Career Counseling, a company he sold in 1998.

According to those who remember Singer from his coaching days, he was very focused on winning middle school basketball games, as he later would be on getting Lori Loughlin’s daughter into USC.