Palm Beach Dad Accused of Bribing Kid’s Way Into Georgetown (3)

A Palm Beach, Florida, investment executive was charged with bribing a coach to get his daughter into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit -- without even turning to Rick Singer, the mastermind of the U.S. college admissions scandal.

Amin Khoury agreed in 2014 to pay about $200,000 to Gordon Ernst, then the head coach of men’s and women’s tennis at Georgetown, prosecutors said. Khoury was indicted on a fraud conspiracy count and a bribery count relating to programs that receive federal funds.

Khoury, 54, is the son of former KLX Energy Services Holdings Inc. chief executive officer Amin J. Khoury ...