BCCC Professor Edward Ennels Pleads Guilty To Bribery, Misconduct After Soliciting Money For Good Grades

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A mathematics prof astatine Baltimore City Community College was sentenced to 1 twelvemonth of prison, probation and restitution aft pleading blameworthy to a bribery strategy wherever helium would solicit students for bribes successful speech for bully grades successful his course, Attorney General Brian Frosh announced connected Thursday.

Using aggregate aliases, Edward Ennels, who taught astatine the assemblage assemblage for 15 years, posed arsenic 1 pupil different with an connection to implicit each the assignments, guaranteeing an A, for $300. That speech was past forwarded to 112 students in Ennels’ classes. The terms dropped to $150 for a C oregon $250 for a B. For higher-level courses, an A would outgo $500.

Between June 2020 and December 2020, 9 students paid Ennels $2,815 paid successful 10 full bribes.

Most declined to wage the bribes, and successful immoderate cases, Ennels would connection discounts oregon outgo plans.

Ennels, 45, utilized different alias to merchantability entree codes needed to presumption schoolroom materials and implicit assignments. Instead of getting the codes from the bookstore, helium encouraged faculty of the Math and Engineering Department to springiness students a flyer telling them to nonstop wealth to a vendor named “Tom Smith.” The email code and PayPal relationship for “Smith” were some controlled by Ennels.

Between August 2013 and February 2020, Ennels sold astatine slightest 694 entree codes, astatine a outgo of astir $90 each.

A pupil flagged a bribery effort successful December 2020, and BCCC administrators disclosed the substance to instrumentality enforcement.

“Ennels utilized his presumption arsenic prof to instrumentality an elaborate transgression strategy to instrumentality vantage of his students,” Frosh said successful a statement. “I admit the practice of BCCC successful helping bring this lawsuit to a palmy decision and holding Ennels accountable for his transgression actions.”

Ennels was sentenced to 10 years successful prison, with 9 years suspended, followed by 5 years of supervised probation, and restitution of $60,000.