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Napa Valley Vintner Pleads Guilty in College Admissions Scam

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Napa Valley Vintner, Agustin Huneeus Jr., (C) enters the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse to plea in front of a judge for charges in the college admissions scam, on March 29, 2019, in Boston. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Napa Valley vintner and a New York lawyer pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Boston federal court to participating in the college admissions bribery scheme.

Agustin Huneeus Jr.'s family owns vineyards in Napa Valley and in Oregon. Authorities say he agreed to pay $300,000 to rig his daughter's SAT score and have her designated as a water polo recruit to the University of Southern California.

Gordon Caplan was co-chairman of the prominent law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher. The Greenwich, Connecticut, resident was charged with paying $75,000 to get someone to correct the answers on his daughter's ACT exam after she took it.

Huneeus and Caplan are among 14 parents who have agreed to plead guilty. Actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty last week.

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