The father of a Georgetown University student pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of fraud in the national college admissions scandal, federal prosecutors announced. Stephen Semprevivo is the third parent to plead guilty in the scandal, and the first Georgetown parent to do so.

He is accused of paying $400,000 to get his son into the elite university in 2016 as a tennis recruit, although his son didn’t play competitive tennis. Semprevivo’s son is one of the 12 students who allegedly fraudulently gained admission to Georgetown this way.

The 53-year-old business executive from California is just one of dozens of parents, athletic coaches, and others nationwide who’ve been indicted for their alleged role a bribery scheme meant to help the children of wealthy—and sometimes famous—parents get into colleges. The scheme was orchestrated by a Sacramento man, William Singer, who has already pleaded guilty to several charges in the case. Singer helped these children gain admission through what he called a “side door,” assisting them in cheating on standardized tests or getting them admitted to elite institutions as athletic recruits, despite not playing competitive sports. Parents then made large donations to a sham charity organization that Singer set up.

At Georgetown, Singer allegedly conspired with former tennis coach Gordon Ernst to admit his clients into the school as tennis recruits. Singer allegedly paid Ernst $2.7 million between 2012 and 2018. Ernst has pleaded not guilty in the case.

According to court documents, in August 2015, Singer drafted a letter touting the supposed tennis accomplishments of Semprevivo’s son, and then directed Semprevivo’s son to send it to Ernst.

“Dear Coach Ernst, I wanted to update you on my summer doings,” the letter reads. “After your suggestion I have played very well with terrific success in Doubles this summer and played quite well in singles too. I am looking forward to having a chance to play for you. Our conversations have inspired me to try to dominate my competition this summer.”

Ernst then forwarded the email to an admissions official at Georgetown, who said, “looks fine.” Ernst used one of his allotted tennis admissions spots to admit Semprevivo’s son to the university (his admissions essays also made reference to supposed tennis accomplishments, though none of his other college applications contained any reference to the sport, according to court documents.)

Semprevivo’s son began attending Georgetown in 2016. He never joined the tennis team.

In April 2016, Semprevivo paid Singer’s charity $400,000, and Singer made several payments to Ernst from the same account, court documents say.

In transcriptions of wiretapped conversations during the FBI’s investigation into the scandal, Semprevivo denied that he knew Singer directly intervened to get his son admitted to Georgetown as a tennis recruit, even though his son did not play tennis.

“You know, all I know is that we, you know, we used you for the charity stuff and we used you for the counseling, and your dealings are your dealings,” Semprevivo said. “You know, I don’t have any details, but I think that, I think that you need to be accountable for what you did. So I don’t want to talk about this any more because, you know, I think there were two separate things. And, we used you and we donated,” he said later in the conversation.

The government is recommending a sentence of 18 months in prison, a year of supervised release, and a $95,000 fine. The maximum penalty possible is 20 years in prison, supervised release for three years, and a fine of $250,000. Semprevivo’s sentencing is set for September 11 of this year.

Two other parents, who allegedly paid to have their daughter admitted to USC and UCLA as an athletic recruit, have also pleaded guilty in this scandal. Ten more, including the actress Felicity Huffman, announced last month that they will also plead guilty. Lori Loughlin, the other famous defendant in the case, has pleaded not guilty.

This story has been updated to reflect the number of parents who have agreed to plead guilty in the bribery scandal.