Test Taker in College Scam Admits Guilt, Got $10,000 an Exam (1)

The surrogate test taker paid to ace college entrance exams for dozens of children of the rich pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Boston after making a deal with federal prosecutors.

Mark Riddell, who pleaded to a fraud conspiracy and a money-laundering conspiracy, faces 33 to 41 months in prison. He admitted conspiring with William Rick Singer, the leader of the scam, and others from about 2011 through at least this February. Because he’s cooperating with prosecutors, he may win leniency when he’s sentenced.

U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton asked him on April 12 to describe the crime he ...