[82lsju]

One was the mastermind, organizing the scheme's many parts and funneling millions of dollars.

One was the brains, acing standardized tests on behalf of wealthy parents' children.

And one was the coach, selling a spot at an Ivy League university for a hefty price.

...

But those three names [William Rick Singer, Mark Riddell and Rudolph Meredith] do not appear anywhere in the complaint, though the document gives enough clues to make clear who is who. Instead, they are named as Cooperating Witness 1, 2 and 3, and each agreed to plead guilty and to cooperate with the government in the hope of obtaining leniency when they are sentenced, the complaint says.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/13/us/cooper...index.html

[82lsju]

One was the mastermind, organizing the scheme's many parts and funneling millions of dollars.

One was the brains, acing standardized tests on behalf of wealthy parents' children.

And one was the coach, selling a spot at an Ivy League university for a hefty price.

...

But those three names [William Rick Singer, Mark Riddell and Rudolph Meredith] do not appear anywhere in the complaint, though the document gives enough clues to make clear who is who. Instead, they are named as Cooperating Witness 1, 2 and 3, and each agreed to plead guilty and to cooperate with the government in the hope of obtaining leniency when they are sentenced, the complaint says.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/13/us/cooper...index.html