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哈佛大学前击剑教练布兰德(Peter Brand)21日获判无罪，他被指控接受马里兰州华裔富商、iTalkBB总裁兼首席执行官赵捷(Jie "Jack" Zhao)2020年贿赂150万元，让赵捷的两个儿子录取哈佛大学。
Former Harvard University fencing coach Peter Brand arrives at the federal courthouse where he is being tried on charges of engaging in a bribery scheme aimed at securing the admission of a businessman’s two sons at Harvard, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Jie’Jack’ Zhao, 61, of Potomac, Maryland, face a charge of conspiracy to commit federal programs briberyBoth of Zhao’s sons were recruited to Harvard because they fenced波士顿联邦法院经过三年多的调查，陪审团认为布兰德与赵捷的密谋贿赂罪不成立，两人获判无罪。此案始于检方对两人的贿赂关系指证历历，但赵捷和布兰德的律师则强调两人只是「好友借贷」，并指赵捷两名儿子都很优秀，不必施贿就能入哈佛校队。
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