Who Is Gordon Caplan? Parent Who Paid $75,000 To Boost Daughter's ACT Score Asks for Same Sentence as Felicity Huffman

A fourth parent is scheduled to be sentenced for the role he played in the college admission scandal, and if past sentences are any indication of future outcomes, it's likely he'll receive at least some jail time.

Gordon Caplan was one of several parents indicted in the FBI sting operation dubbed "Varsity Blues." He was accused of paying thousands of dollars to Rick Singer in exchange for altering his daughter's ACT scores.

Caplan pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday. His moment before Judge Indira Talwani will come after three other parents, including actor Felicity Huffman, learned their fates. Huffman, who pleaded guilty to having her daughter's SAT score altered, was first to be sentenced and received only 14 days in prison.

Two other parents who were sentenced after Huffman, Devin Sloane and Stephen Semprevivo, were each given four months in prison.

Although both Huffman and Caplan paid to have exam scores boosted for their children, it's possible Caplan could receive a heavier sentence. The attorney paid Singer $75,000, five times the amount Huffman spent.

Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence Caplan to eight months in prison, a fine of $40,000 and 12 months of supervised release. If jail time was necessary, Caplan's legal team requested a sentence that didn't exceed 14 days, the same as Huffman's.

Caplan was born in Montreal, Canada, and moved to New York with his family when he was five years old, according to court documents. In 1988, he graduated from Cornell University and later earned his law degree from Fordham Law School.

Beginning his law career at the firm Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York in 2002, where he focused on corporate law. Caplan later became a partner and co-chair, but after news broke of his indictment, he resigned from his position at the firm and was suspended from practicing law.

Caplan also served on the board of Publicolor, a non-profit stay-in-school youth development program, and was a member of the Dean's Planning Council at his alma mater, Fordham.

In 1999, Caplan married Amy Treibick and the couple has two children together. His daughter is now a high school senior and his son is also a teenager.

After the indictment, Caplan faced cameras outside the Boston courtroom, telling them that he was "deeply ashamed" and "terribly sorry." He was the first parent to speak to the press about his actions and told reporters that he apologized to his daughter, who he said had no knowledge of his actions.

When it was time for his daughter to take the ACT exam, she flew from their home in Connecticut to California. By taking the test at Singer's center, a proctor, who was also indicted, was able to correct her answers before submitting the exam for scoring. She ended up receiving a 32 out of 36 on the exam, according to the indictment.