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Martin Fox, formerly the president of a tennis academy in Texas, was sentenced Friday to three months in prison and 15 months of supervised release, with the first three months to be in home confinement. He must also complete 250 hours of community service and pay a fine of $95,000. In November 2019, Fox pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering.
In 2015, Fox introduced co-conspirator Rick Singer, the coordinator of the admissions scandal, to Michael Center, a tennis coach at the University of Texas. Center then promoted the admission of a son of one of Singer’s clients to the University of Texas as a purported tennis recruit in exchange for a bribe. In return for assisting with the bribe transaction, Singer paid Fox $100,000.
Between 2015 and 2018, Fox also agreed with Singer and others to facilitate cheating on the ACT and SAT college entrance exams. Fox funneled bribe payments from Singer to Niki Williams, a test administrator for the ACT and SAT, for four of Singer’s clients. In exchange, Williams allowed another co-conspirator, Mark Riddell, to purportedly proctor the exams, despite knowing that Riddell was not proctoring the exam consistent with ACT and SAT requirements. Singer typically paid Fox $25,000 per exam, a portion of which Fox funneled to Williams.
