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BOSTON — Vancouver businessman David Sidoo pleaded guilty on Friday to participating in a vast U.S. college admissions cheating and fraud scheme in order to rig the results of his sons’ SAT exams.

Federal prosecutors in Boston said Sidoo, a Vancouver energy executive who at one time played in the Canadian Football League, paid $200,000 to have someone secretly take the college entrance exam in place of his two sons.

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Sidoo agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud under an agreement that calls for him to serve a 90-day prison sentence and pay a $250,000 fine.

Sidoo is due to return to a Boston court for sentencing on July 15. His lawyer declined to comment.

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Sidoo was among 53 people charged with participating in a scheme in which parents conspired with a California college admissions consultant to use bribery and other forms of fraud to secure the admission of their children to top schools.