. >> one of the nine college coaches accused of accepting bribes is john vandemoer. the university fired him today. >> vic lee is live at stanford tonight with the store. >> reporter: john vandemoer is a nationally recognized coach. we are at the stanford the boats were tied up at the dock today. no one answered the docks of the boat house. far away in a boston federal courthouse, the university sailing coach john vandemoer pleaded guilty. charges that he was designating applicants as purported recruits in exchange for bribes. in the summer of 2017 william singer founder of a company that helped parents get their students into elite colleges. the charging papers say singer paid $110,000 to the stanford sailing team account. later that summer singer reportedly paid $500,000 to the program for another sailing team recruit to attend stanford. both those boys decided to attend other schools. a stanford freshman. >> there are victims. if there are any students who worked hard. >> reporter: getting into stanford the hard way, the right way. >> a lot of work. did my best. >

the informant said i can send john vandemoer your 500,000 you wired into my the. i asked him for a second -- my account. i asked him for a second spot in sailing. he said he can't because he has to recruit real sailors so stanford doesn't catch on. wilson asked what would happen if they don't actually get in? oh, no, no. it's a done deal. >> genuinely disappointing for a lot of people who want to get into stanford just knowing some people can buy their way in. >> i think it shouldn't be able to buy you into stand board because hard work get you in stanford. >> reporter: after all this wilson's daughters never even applied to stanford. the alleged conduct involves anyone else at stanford or is associated with any other team. live at stanford university, kiet do, kpix5. >> we're learning more details about the allegations against two hollywood actresses related to this scheme. felicity huffman reportedly paid $15,000 disguised as a donation to a college prep business to doctor the entrance exam for her oldest daughter. prosecutors say huffman also discussed having s

vic lee tweeted about john vandemoer. he has been fired by the university.ps, a napa vineyard owner complained about paying $50,000 fraudulent s.a.t. scores for his daughter. >>> abc7 news reporter zachary kiesch is live in new york. >> reporter: this is the second time this plane has u.s. investigators are in ethiopia searching through the pieces. investigators hope the black boxes will reveal what happened inside the cockpit. abc's matt gutman is there. >> reporter: the european union is the latest nation to ground the jets. both before and after the plane disappeared from radar, the passenger plane never rising above 1,200 feet from off the ground. they fully support decision to continue flying the max. meanwhile, the union representing american airline flight attendants is calling for american's ceo to strongly consider grounding their boeing 737 max eight jets. >> the 737 max eight should be immediately grounded until the faa can assure us they are safe. >> reporter: while others, like republic lindsey graham take a different position. >> i will leave t

. >> reporter: stanford's former head sailing coach, john vandemoer. and investigators say he accepted money in exchange for recommending students who ultimately did not attend stanford. the fbi calling it a rigged system that came at the expense of hard-working students and taxpayers. >> for every student admitted through fraud, an honest, genuinely talented today was rejected. >> reporter: no students were charged, and authorities say many cases teenagers want even aware what their parents were doing. we reached out to all of the bay area families, but have not heard back from any of them. christina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> 14 people charged in this case are from the bay area. the only school named is stanford. maureen naylor is there and has more against its longtime sailing coach. >> reporter: the man that coached stanford's sailing program accused in court. >> ever since the fall, we've been really focused on national in san diego, going to big events. >> reporter: john vandemoer has been stanford's head sailing coach the past 11 years and is

(terisa) today-- former stanford sailing coach john vandemoer pealded guilty to his role in the scandal. kron 4's charles clifford has the details. well, here on the stanford campus on tuesday the administration and students are reacting to this latest scandal. so far it appears that only one person, the former head sailing coach, was involved in this scandal. he is john vandemoer and he is accused of accepting financial payments through an intermediary in exchance for giving positive reccomendations on the applications of two students. now, the university said on tuesday that vandermoer has been terminated. his profile was removed from the school's website. also the two students involved were never actually addmitted to the school.now, stanford is a difficult school to get into and difficult to stay in. students today say they are dissapointed by this scandal.sotyou hate to heard about these things. especially when people work hard to get to the place where they are. when people cheat. it's quite dissapointing.sotobvioiusly this is unfair. the pessimistic side of me feels that this is

athletics department to make that happen also implicated stanford university head sailing coach john vandemoer, who has now been fired. he plead guilty tuesday afternoon to accepting bribes. according to court documents vandemoer conspired with singer to hold admission spots for two prosective students who were falsley suggested to be competitive sailors. in return he received 270-thousand dollars in contributions to stanford's sailing program. neither of the two students ended up attending.138/ended up attending (dan)the fbi noted the investigation is not done and find those who are not playing on the rules (grant) thanks dan. and we have team coverage tonight on this scandal. (vicki) william singer, the man accused of running the college bribery scheme has sacramento ties. kron 4's ashley zavala is live near sacramento state to explain. ashley? (ashley)we're learning william rick singer spent several years in sacramento before moving to newport beach...neighbors tell us he lived in this neighborhood outside of sacramento state before moving out last year... some tell us he was either never h

among those 14 are bay area residents including stanford university's sailing coach john vandemoer. >> we have team reporters on this story tonight. we begin with kpix5's susie steimle who is live at stanford university. susie? >> reporter: well, ken and liz, the fbi tells us the average parents spend 200 to $400,000 in bribery money as part of this scammed, but one parent spent as much as $6.5 million. 33 parents in total have been charged and the fbi says more are to come. >> there can be no separate college admission system for the wealthy and i'll add there will not be a separate criminal justice system either. >> reporter: 33 parents were charged in what's being called the largest college admission scandal in u.s. history. actresses lori loughlin and felicity huffman were accused of paying money to get their kids into elite universities including stanford, yale and usc. the man at the center of it all is william or rick singer. >> between roughly 2011 and 2018 wealthy parents paid singer about $25 million in total. >> reporter: singer accepted bribes to let students into athletic

at least a dozen peopat includes the now fd coach of the stanford sailing team this afternoon john vandemoer admitted in court in boston to accepting bribes to help get students into stanford. mark matthews has been digging into the documents throughout the day. there's also a 49ers link to all of this. mark? >> reporter: that's right. court papers say that marcie pell tell la, who lives in hillsboro paid maybe a half a million dollars to try to get her son into usc. she lives in hillsboro, one of the richest communities in the bay area, a ceo of a liquor distribution company and the wife of a former football player. he's not named in the indictment, he's 85 years old. his wife marcie is founder of preservation distill tri in kentucky and one of the 50 people indicted. >> we're talking about deception and fraud. fake test scores, fake athletic credentials, fake photographs, bribed college officials. >> reporter: agents say rick singer is the ring leader taking in $25 million over several years from parents who wanted someone else to take their college entrance exam or take wrong answers or g

stanford. 50 people in six states d ay arn reinuding the so-called master mind, william singer and john vandemoerthis morning and loughlin a warrant for her arrest. >> we believe all of them, parents, coaches and facilitators, lied and covered up their crimes. >> reporter: one of those coaches is sailing coach john vandemoer. >> in return for bribes, these coaches agreed to pretend that certain applicants were recruited competitive athletes. >> reporter: the other way was altering s.a.t.s. >> paying singer between

. >> reporter: pleading guilty today, stanford's former head sailing coach, john vandemoer. he expected money for exchange of students who ultimately did not attend stanford. the fbi calling it a rigged system that came at the expense of hard-working students and taxpayers. >> for every student admitted to fraud, and on his, genuinely talented student was rejected. >> reporter: no students were charged in this, but authorities say in many cases the teenagers want even aware that their parents participated in the front for their benefit. we did reach out to the bay area families but have not heard back from any of them, from the companies that they work for had no comment. we learned one of the actresses come felicity huffman, a judge ruled she can be released on a $250,000 bond, as well as lori loughlin. she was not arrested, but they are working with people to surrender her. >>> want to take a closer look at how this scheme allegedly worked. 2 investigates candice nguyen is here, and you look at how this money was funneled. >> the man at the center of this massive scheme, w

athletics department to make that happenalso implicated stanford university head sailing coach john vandemoer, who has now been fired. he plead guilty tuesday afternoon to accepting bribes. according to court documents vandemoer conspired with singer to hold admission spots for two prospective students who were falsely suggested to be competitive sailors. in return he received 270- thousand dollars in contributions to stanford's sailing program. neither of the two students ended up attending.standup dan kerman 156and the fbi noted the investigation is not done and they will continue to search for parents and others who are not playing on the rules, dan kerman kron 4 news. (robin) stanford released a statement addressing the two cases laid out in charges... saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. (robin) meanwhile, two of rick singers's business associates also have ties to the

john vandemoer didn't make any comments as he exited the federal court house in boston. er in the day -- stanford announced vandemoer was fired from his position as the school's sailing coach. vandemoer pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy -- although he told the court he didn't profit personally. he says he used the money earned through the scheme to buy supplies for the stanford sailing team. vandemoer will be sentenced in june. (ken) stanford released a statement addressing the two cases laid out in charges... saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. (terisa) scandals like this one highlight the pressures many students today say they feel when it comes to performing well in school and ultimately securing a spot at a major university.(ken)health professionals say they're concerned about the message this type of stress is sending to our youth kron 4s n

appears that only one person, the former head sailing coach, was involved in this scandal. he is john vandemoer and he is accused of accepting financial payments through an intermediary in exchance for giving positive reccomendations on the applications of two students. now, the university said on tuesday that vandermoer has been terminated. his profile was removed from the school's website. also the two students involved were never actually addmitted to the school.now, stanford is a difficult school to get into and difficult to stay in. students today say they are dissapointed by this scandal.sotyou hate to heard about these things. especially when people work hard to get to the place where they are. when people cheat. it's quite dissapointing.sotobvioiusly this is unfair. the pessimistic side of me feels that this is super hard to combat so i'm glad the story is out there. i suspect it's happening much more than just here and more than we know. it's not a good feeling.the university also released a statement today saying, "based on the department of justice investigation to date, we have no e

john vandemoer. (tes/tele vo)our other big story tonight.repercussions are likely following the bombshell revelations about a man arrested in connection with the slaying of a south san jose woman last month. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, the suspect is an undocumented immigrant, has been deported numerous times, and has a long criminal history. chief eddie garcia/san jose police "...we will go to the end of the earth to catch a killer like this..." san jose police chief eddie garcia on tuesday talking about this man.24 year old carlos eduardo arevalo carranza, who was arrested and charged in the brutal slaying of 59-year old bambi larsen. chief eddie garcia "....carlos carranza stalked his victim and her neighborhood, he is a transient know to camp in the area and is a self-admitted gang member..."a memorial grows outside the home of bambi larson here on knollfield way. surveullance video shows a man police believe is carranza walking past larson's home both before and after the crime. salvadorian national, carranza has a long rap

. >> one of the people named i stanford sailing team coach john vandemoer. >> we believed parents, coaches and facilitators lied and cheated at the expense of hard working students and taxpayers. >> reporter: felicity huffman and lori laughlin are among 33 parents charged in the cheating plot. >> insidious, selfish and shameful. >> reporter: authorities say they paid big bucks to bribe coaches and administrators to guarantee their children admission to elite schools like stanford, ucla, usc, yale and georgetown. >> in many instances, singer helped parents take staged photographs of their children engaged in particular sports. other times, singer & associates used stock photos that they pulled off the internet, sometimes photo shopping the face of the child on to the picture of the athlete and submitting it in support of the applications for these children to elite schools. >> reporter: prosecutors say the f weali' a t willnot be a separat justice system either. >> reporter: coach vandemoer is expected to plead guilty today. his attorney along with prosecutors have agreed on a recommended 1

stanford sent us a statement reading in part the charging state that sailing head coach john vandemoer accepted financial contributions for agreeing to recommend two prospective students for admission to stanford. neither student came to stanford. some famous actresses include lori and now in federal custody after being arrested at her home. thathuffman's daughter was given twice the amount of time to take the sat as other students and the paid proctor agreed to secretly correct the answers afterwards. the scheme was apparentl by william singer. >> beyond enriching himself, singer used that money to bribe college officials, division i coaches, college exam administrators for admission to the children of the clients not on their merits but through fraud. >> 49 people are charged so far including 13 here in the bay area. and nine coaches at elite colleges. we posted the entire indictment on the website. it is an interesting read. you can find it at nbc bay area.com. >> interesting, indeed. >>> just in, chp minvestigating after a man is shot at an's wha. called 911 ep injuries not believe

they have followed their sailing coach john vandemoer.eve anyone else at stanford was involved but they are launching an internal review. prosecutors say what the parents bribed college potions and admission staff to get their children into elite colleges. some parents is include actresses felicity huffman from desperate housewives and lori loughlin best known for the show for house. laughlin is expected to surrender to the fbi this morning and appear in a los angeles court this afternoon. hoffman was really just a day after posting a $250,000 bond. >> there can be no separate college admissions system for the wealthy. i will add there were not be a separate criminal justice system either. >> college entrance consultant richard singer has pleaded guilty to accepting $25 million. stanford's former sailing coach john vandemoer pleaded guilty. 's attorney said the $270,000 he received went to stanford sailing program to write new boats and hire a new coach. >> the justice department called the operation blues. operation varsity blues. a san

others are accused of bribing coaches of one is coach john vandemoer, stanford's sailing coach. he pleaded guilty today. >> for every student admitted through fraud an honest, genuinely talented student was rejected. >> reporter: the fbi released recordings of parents knowingly participating in this scam. the owner of a distillery is accused of paying nearly a half million dollars to secure a spot for her son at usc. a recorded conversation shows a cooperating witness ask her are you willing to make a contribution of several hundred thousand as a donation to get him in as a participant in someone's program? she replied yes, but he can never know. the witness responded he needs to get in through football since that's the sport with the lowest grades. another bay area parent, who owns a winery in napa, prosecutors say his daughter's athletic profile was faked. in recorded conversations he says is there any risk this blows up in my face? the cooperating witness replies it hasn't in 24 years. >> this is a case where they flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense to cheat the system

john vandemoer pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and was fired. his attorney claims he did not pop it pocket the money. >> as a prosecutor said, the sailing program bought new boats and hired a new assistant coach. it did benefit his program but it did not benefit him personally. >> this statement says, the alleged behavior runs completely counter to our values. we have no evidence the alleged conduct involves anyone else here or associated with any other team. >> some of the most prominent parents are from the bay area. these 13 bay area parents cheated to get into universities allegedly like yale and usc. among them, man well and recovers, the ceo and founder of hercules capital. investigators say he and his wife paid a $23,000 bribe to get a cooperating witness to sit by their daughter during the sats and give her the answers. this proprietor of this company paid $50,000 doing the same. todd blake and his executive retail wife diane will be accused of paying bribes to get her daughter fake volleyball credentials and into usc. in many cases, the

. >> one of the nine college coaches accused of accepting bribes is stanford sailing coach john vandemoer. the university fired him today before he pleaded guilty. court records show in 2017 william singer paid a total of $610,000 to stanford sailing team account to get two sailing team recruits into the school. in at least one of those cases, a false student athlete profile was created. news of the scandal left some stanford students shocked. >> honestly, i think a lot of people expect there to be sort of a little bit of corruption in college admissions, but to have it happen here is really shocking. >> parents from the bay area were arrested in this scandal. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has details about those implicated. >> reporter: and according to a criminal complaint, he told a cooperating witness, you understand my daughter is not worthy to be on that team. he allegedly paid $50,000 to the nonprofit key worldwide foundation for an s.a.t. test proctor to correct his daughter's answers on her college entrance exam which she took all the way in west hollywood with a psychologis

women's athletics department to make that happenalso implicated university head sailing coach john vandemoer, been fired. he plead guilty tuesday afternoon to accepting according to documents vandemoer singer to hold spots for two prospective were falsely be competitive sailors. in received 270- dollars in contributions to stanford's sailing program. neither of the two students ended up attending.standup dan kerman 156and the fbi noted the investigation is not done and they will continue to search for parents and others who are not playing on the rules, dan kerman kron 4 news. ( darya ) stanford released a statement addressing the scandal. saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. ( darya ) breaking news we are following out of the east bay... police in danvill are on the scene of a cra that crashed intoa building. you can see by this picture the car crashed through the "fsh and

the school sailing coach john vandemoer pleaded guilty to accepting more than $270,000 in bribes to recruit two students neither of whom ended up attending stanford. vandemoer didn't keep the money, but diverted it to the sailing program. administrators say another half million dollars was donated and linked to a third student who is still enrolled. stanford tells nbc bay area it is still reviewing its records. and in another development to the so-called varsity blues scandal, canadian businessman david sadue pleaded not guilty today and posted a bond of $1.5 million. he is charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. the criminal complaint claims he paid $200,000 for someone to fly to vancouver to take placement test fozer his two sons. sidoo who also works in san jose is a well known philanthropist in vancouver and has taken leave from his c.e.o. jobs at two canadian companies. his two sons attend cal and chatman university in orange county. >> for the first time since taking office, president trump issued his first veto today. he overruled the congress resolution to stop his em

among those 14 are bay area residents including stanford university's sailing coach john vandemoer. >is story tonight. we begin with kpix5's susie steimle who is live at stanford university. susie? >> reporter: well, ken and liz, the fbi tells us the average parents spend 200 to $400,000 in bribery money as part of this scammed, but one parent spent as much as $6.5 million. 33 parents in total have been charged and the fbi says more are to come.

he would bribe coaches to help students gain admission stanford's head sailing coach, john vandemoer, among those charged and pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy.robert fisher / vandemoer's attorney: he is remorseful, apologizes to his family to stanford university." several of the universities have released statements saying they are cooperating fully with the investigation. i'm kim hutcherson ( darya ) stanford released a statement addressing the scandal. saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. (robin) there are a lot of questions about why parents would put their children's reputations at risk to carry out these kinds of kron 4 spoketatote east bay co-director of sports and social justice matthew aten- cio ... about the immense pressure felt by parents to give their children any advantage they can. looking to enhance the life prospects of their own individual c

would bribe coaches to help students gain admission as an athlete.stanford's head sailing coach, john vandemoers among those charged and pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy.robert fisher / vandemoer's attorney: he is remorseful, apologizes to his family to stanford university." several of the universities have released statements saying they are cooperating fully with the investigation. i'm kim hutcherson reporting. ( darya ) stanford released a statement addressing the scandal. saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. (robin) there are a lot of questions about why parents would put their children's reputations at risk to carry kron 4 spoke east bay co-director of sports and social justice .about the immense prve their chil

athletics department to make that happenalso implicated stanford university head sailing coach john vandemoer, who has now been fired. he plead guilty tuesday afternoon to accepting bribes. according to court documents vandemoer conspired with singer to hold admission spots for two prospective students who were falsely suggested to be competitive sailors. in return he received 270- thousand dollars in contributions to stanford's sailing program. neither of the two students ended up attending.standup dan kerman 156and the fbi noted the investigation is not done and they will continue to search for parents and others who are not playing on the rules, dan kerman kron 4 news. ( robin ) stanford released a statement addressing the two cases laid out in charges... saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. ( robin ) meanwhile, two of rick singers's business associates also have ties to

athletics department to make that happen also implicated stanford university head sailing coach john vandemoer, who has now been fired. he placd pting bribes. according to court documents vandemoer conspired with singer to hold admission students who were falsely suggested to be competitive sailors. in return he receivcontributions to stanford sailing program. neither of the two students ended up attending.standup dan kerman 156and the fbi noted the investigation is not done and they will continue to search for parents and others who are not playing on the rules, dan kerman kron 4 news. ( robin ) stanford released a statement addressing the scandal. saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. ( darya ) a cloverdale high school teacher was arrested after police uncovered evidence of a fight club inside their special education classroom. police say spedical ed teacher federico vargas

john vandemoer is expected to plead guilty in a federal courtroom this afternoon in the u.s. attorney would not say what the sentencing for those who are found guilty would look like . ktvu fox 2 news . >>> and police in u.s. dickey u.s. c -- usc officials spoke. 21-year-old pixel mackel haney had recently transferred from east bay and was killed during an attempted robbery a mile from campus. his parents remember him as a proud oakland native and a gifted musician. and final arrangements are made to ring him back to oakland. >> i don't know if the person who put a bullet in my baby intended to do that, and they can come forward. i have dedicated my life's work as a councilmember to eradicating the violence that is too pervasive in our communities of color. that work started long before victor was taken and long before my grandson was taken. >> reporter: lapd is looking for 3-4 men who escaped in a dark sedan. police are looking for surveillance video in hopes of identifying the attackers. >>> france, the uk and now china joining those grounding the boeing 737 max 8 flights.

athletics department to make that happenalso implicated stanford university head sailing coach john vandemoer who has now been fired. he plead guilty tuesday afternoon to accepting bribes. according to court documents vandemoer conspired with singer to hold admission spots for two prospective students who were falsely suggested to be competitive sailors. in return he received 270- thousand dollars in contributions to stanford's sailing program. neither of the two students ended up attending.standup dan kerman 156and the fbi noted the investigation is not done and they will continue to search for parents and others who are not playing on the rules, dan kerman kron 4 news. (grant) (grant) stanford released a statement addressing the two cases laid out in charging documents. saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to re-apply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior in the case runs completely counter to stanford's values. (vicki) meanwhile, two of rick singers's business associates also

athletics department to make that happenalso implicated stanford university head sailing coach john vandemoer, who has now been fired. he plead guilty tuesday afternoon to accepting bribes. according to court documents vandemoer conspired with singer to hold admission spots for two prospective students who were falsely suggested to be competitive sailors. in return he received 270- thousand dollars in contributions to stanford's sailing program. neither of the two students ended up attending.standup dan kerman 156and the fbi noted the investigation is not done and they will continue to search for parents and others who are not playing on the rules, dan kerman kron 4 news. (grant) stanford released a statement addressing the statement released a stanford (grant) news.kerman kron 4 rules, dan kerman kron 4 news. (grant) stanford released a statement addressing the two cases laid out in charges... saying in part: neither student came to stanford; one student was initially denied admission and intended to reapply but never did, and the second never completed an application. however, the behavior

. >> reporter: john nicholas vandemoer has been stanfords had sailing coach for years, and is seen in this video for their website. he pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. according to the federal indictment in 2018, vandemoer agreed to give assailing recruits but to two special applicants with minimal sailing at experience. he was charged with orchestrating the bribing scheme. neither student entered stanford, but he received payments of $270,000. >> he understood this violated a stanford law that he should not have accepted money, but as we would like to make note the money was given to stanford university. >> reporter: vandemoer's attorney said the money went all to the university, having to buy new boats and hire another coach . >> it's a little angering because it's just like if you work so hard to get here and it's just like for some people, they don't have to work hard. all they have to do is pay for a. >> reporter: stanford officials said we have no evidence that the alleged contact involves anyone associated with the team. we will be undertaking an internal review to co