East West Petroleum CEO David Sidoo steps down in wake of college admissions scandal

East West Minerals

14/03/2019 15:30

March 14 (Reuters) - East West Petroleum Corp  EW.V  said on
Thursday that Chief Executive Officer David Sidoo stepped down
after being named in legal proceedings from the U.S. government
regarding a college admissions scandal.
    Sidoo, 59, was arrested on March 8 and was charged with
conspiracy to commit fraud for allegedly paying $200,000 to the
scheme mastermind, William "Rick" Singer, to arrange for people
to take the SAT admissions test for his two sons, according to
U.S. court documents reviewed by Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2101AP 

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