Caplan, a resident of Greenwich, Conn., was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. He is the second parent to announce an intention to plead guilty.
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Attorneys for Peter Jan Sartorio said in a court filing Wednesday that the frozen food entrepreneur will plead guilty.It is unclear whether Caplan will plead guilty to the fraud conspiracy charge, and his attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sartorio’s attorney said Wednesday that he would plead guilty to charges listed in a new document that prosecutors will file by the end of the month.If Caplan pleads guilty to the fraud conspiracy charge — a felony — he will be disbarred in New York.Two other parents — Devin Sloane, an executive with a Los Angeles water systems company, and Jane Buckingham, a marketing expert — have indicated in court filings that they are nearing similar deals with prosecutors.
“Totally unexpected,” Caplan told Singer, according to the affidavit. “I mean, it was like third time was the charm.”Unbeknownst to Caplan, the FBI had asked ACT Inc. To approve Caplan’s third request. Singer by then was cooperating with federal prosecutors in Massachusetts. Caplan wired him a $25,000 deposit to an account controlled by the FBI, according to the affidavit.On a Saturday morning in December, the affidavit says, agents watched Caplan drive up to a private school in West Hollywood, where Singer’s accomplice watched his daughter take the ACT before correcting her answers. Caplan wired $50,000 more to the FBI-controlled account 12 days later, prosecutors say.Caplan was arrested March 12 when prosecutors unsealed charges against 50 people, including 33 parents.
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He appeared in federal court in Boston on Wednesday, alongside actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman and a dozen other parents implicated in the scheme.Willkie Farr & Gallagher, of which Caplan was co-chairman, said Friday he is no longer a partner and has left the firm.“At Willkie, nothing is more important to us than our integrity and we do not tolerate behavior that runs contrary to our core values,” the firm said in a statement.Caplan said Friday that his daughter was devastated to learn what he had done. She is a junior in high school and has not applied to any universities, he said.“She had no knowledge whatsoever about my actions, has been devastated to learn what I did and has been hurt the most by it,” he said.