Meet the alleged ringleader of the massive college admissions scandal, William Rick Singer, the owner of Edge College & Career Network

William “Rick” Singer was the alleged ringleader of a massive college admissions scandal unveiled Tuesday. He allegedly paid off college coaches, administrators, and standardized test proctors to get kids into elite universities. Singer appears to have a long history in the college admissions business.He pleaded guilty to charges in Boston on Tuesday afternoon.William “Rick” Singer, 58, was the founder of Edge College & Career Network, LLC and CEO of the Key Worldwide Foundation — the companies at the center of the 2019 college admissions scandal that resulted in the prosecution of 33 parents, including celebrity Felicity Huffman, and 13 college coaches and other business associates. Singer was the alleged mastermind of a scheme that brought in millions of dollars by allegedly creating fraudulent college applications for potential college students by fudging test scores, creating fake identities, and literally photoshopping kids' faces onto athletes body's to portray them as having athletic abilities they may not actually have. Here's what we know about Singer and his businesses.