A Chinese family reportedly paid a “fixer” US$6.5 million to assure their child’s admission into Stanford University. Photo: AP A Chinese family reportedly paid a “fixer” US$6.5 million to assure their child’s admission into Stanford University. Photo: AP
A Chinese family reportedly paid a “fixer” US$6.5 million to assure their child’s admission into Stanford University. Photo: AP
China /  People & Culture

Chinese family reportedly paid US$6.5 million to ‘fixer’ for admission into Stanford

  • Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times say the Beijing family has not been charged
  • The payment was made in the ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ college admissions case, which ensnared families, coaches and administrators across the US

Topic |   US college admissions bribery scandal 2019
Daniel Bases
Daniel Bases

Updated: 10:41am, 3 May, 2019

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A Chinese family reportedly paid a “fixer” US$6.5 million to assure their child’s admission into Stanford University. Photo: AP A Chinese family reportedly paid a “fixer” US$6.5 million to assure their child’s admission into Stanford University. Photo: AP
A Chinese family reportedly paid a “fixer” US$6.5 million to assure their child’s admission into Stanford University. Photo: AP
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