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Ex-Harvard coach, father charged in $1.5M admissions scam

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BOSTON — The former fencing coach at Harvard and a wealthy Maryland businessman were arrested Monday on accusations that the coach accepted $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for helping the businessman get his two sons into the Ivy League school as recruited fencers.

Peter Brand, 67, who was fired by Harvard last year, and Jie “Jack” Zhao, 61, of Potomac, Maryland, face a charge of conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery.Their arrest comes more than a year after a newspaper reported that Brand sold his home for nearly double its assessed value to Zhao.

Prosecutors say Zhao also paid for Brand’s car and made college tuition payments on behalf of Brand’s son. “Today’s arrests show how Peter Brand’s and Jie Zhao’s plan to circumvent the.

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