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The college admissions scandal brings down financiers

Some business leaders are feeling the swift and sharp repercussions of charges issued by federal prosecutors relating to a college admissions scandal, in which wealthy parents were accused of using fraud and bribery to help their children get places at elite schools.

• Gordon Caplan, a co-chairman of the global law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, was put on leave by the firm yesterday. He may face legal challenges from regulators and his own company, according to the New York Law Journal. He is accused of paying $75,000 to have someone improve his daughter’s score on the ACT exam.

• William McGlashan, a partner at the private equity firm TPG, was placed on leave by the company. Yesterday, he stepped down from the board of STX Entertainment, the film studio he helped found. He is accused of having his son’s ACT answers corrected and athletic profile faked.

• Manuel Henriquez, the C.E.O. of Hercules Capital, stepped down from that role yesterday, though he remains on the company’s board of directors. He and his wife, Elizabeth, are accused of spending over $400,000 in a scheme for their daughter.