In the ever-widening college admissions scandal, UC Berkeley confirmed Monday that it has opened an investigation into the acceptance of a student in 2014 whose father paid $100,000 for a test taker to ace the SATs on behalf of his son, according to a federal indictment.

Jordan Sidoo was accepted to the university after submitting the bogus test results, federal prosecutors said, purchased by his father David Sidoo, a prominent Canadian businessman. The indictment alleges a particularly brazen plot to create a fake ID so a professional test taker could pretend to be his son and record a nearly perfect score.

Sidoo was listed for one season on the Cal men’s crew team, but unlike other cases involving other schools in the federal probe, there are no allegations a bribe was paid to any UC Berkeley coaches.

“We are aware of the indictment and are looking into the allegation,” the university said publicly for the first time Monday in a statement to The Chronicle. “Our knowledge regarding the recently released indictment and any ties to UC Berkeley is based on information included in that indictment, which also indicates that colleges and universities named were victims of the crimes committed.”

The court records link for the first time the esteemed East Bay campus to the explosive college admissions scam in which wealthy parents allegedly paid large sums of money to get their children into top colleges through bogus test results and bribes to coaches and other officials.

David Sidoo, who played pro football in Canada, was arrested in San Jose this month and pleaded not guilty last week to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison, and Canadian media reported he was placed on leave from two of his businesses.

Last week, William Rick Singer, the ringleader of the scheme, pleaded guilty to felony charges alleging he orchestrated a massive fraud to aid wealthy parents get their undeserving children into prominent colleges.

Calls and emails to David Sidoo’s three attorneys were not immediately returned Monday, but last week his lawyers emailed a statement to Canadian media outlets: “He looks forward to fully contesting the charges in a well-respected court and not in the media.”

In an email on Monday, Jordan Sidoo declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation.

His father first reached out to Singer in fall 2011 and paid $200,000 for a stand-in to take the SATs and Canadian high school graduation exam for his older son, who eventually went to Chapman University, according to the indictment.

The next fall, Sidoo paid $100,000 for a Florida test taker to complete the SAT on behalf of his younger son, Jordan, federal prosecutors said. He emailed personal information to Singer, who created a fake ID for the test taker, who took the exam and scored 2280 out of 2400. Sidoo sent the scores as part of his 2013 application to UC Berkeley and was accepted the following year, the indictment alleges.

Associate Athletic Director Herb Benenson confirmed Monday that Sidoo was an “active member” of the men’s rowing team for the 2014-15 academic year. Benenson said privacy rules forbid him from commenting on whether the freshman, at the time, competed for the team in any races.

The school rowing website includes Sidoo’s biography page, listing him as 6 feet tall, 125 pounds, with no accomplishments or history provided. None of the archived regatta recaps on the school website mention Sidoo’s participation.

There are no allegations in the indictment that Sidoo, who said he competed for the team as a coxswain, falsified his rowing credentials or that the team took a bribe to fraudulently recruit him, as with other cases in the nationwide scandal.

On his LinkedIn page, Sidoo says he graduated from UC Berkeley last year, studied history and participated on the varsity crew team from 2014 to 2016.

In the university’s statement, school officials said students must follow a statement of integrity during the admissions process, and “diplomas conferred may be revoked.”

On the website of the 13th Man Foundation, a University of British Columbia booster organization, Jordan Sidoo was listed as an adviser. His biography says he participated on the rowing team: “He is an athlete at heart, coxing for the National Champions Men’s Varsity Crew Rowing Team at Berkeley.”

In a 2014 article by the Province, a British Columbia newspaper, Jordan Sidoo was honored with the “Adversity Award.” He shared how he overcame clubbed feet and a nasty arm break to become a coxswain at St. George’s School, a prestigious private school in Vancouver that he attended with his older brother.

Sidoo lists himself as founder of an encrypted-message startup Disappears.com, where he works as chief marketing officer. Sidoo also says on his LinkedIn page that he worked as a data analyst and play tracker for the San Francisco 49ers from June 2016 to last month.

However, a 49ers spokesman said Sidoo was an intern on the business analytics team for “no more than a year.” And he was not involved on the football side of the operation, spokesman Bob Lange said.

UC Berkeley joins UCLA as a school that has allegedly admitted children identified in the massive fraud probe. UC President Janet Napolitano commented Friday on the charges.

“The allegations associated with UC, if proven true, are a disservice to the hardworking and accomplished students and alumni who have earned their place at the university and continue to make us proud,” she said. “We will take swift and appropriate disciplinary actions to address misconduct once we have all the facts.”

Napolitano said she plans to work with federal authorities to further investigate those students implicated in the scam and to conduct a review of the admissions programs looking for “weaknesses and vulnerabilities.”

San Francisco Chronicle staff writers Eric Branch and Rusty Simmons contributed to this report.

Matthias Gafni is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: matthias.gafni@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @mgafni