(CNN) A dozen college coaches, sports administrators and test administrators each pleaded not guilty to racketeering in federal court in Boston on Monday as part of the sprawling college admissions scandal. Ernst, Khosroshahin, Janke, Vavic, Salcedo and Ferguson were college coaches. Williams and Dvorskiy were standardized test administrators. The court hearing comes two weeks after prosecutors announced charges against 50 people accused of carrying out the largest college admissions fraud ever prosecuted in the United States. Prosecutors said the defendants carried out a scheme to cheat on standardized tests and/or bribe college coaches, who then helped the prospective students gain admission to a university by falsely claiming the students were athletic recruits.

Source: CNN March 25, 2019 20:26 UTC