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Oct 9, 2021 · The investigation into the admissions scheme, in which parents funneled millions of dollars through William Singer, a private admissions counselor, to increase their children’s chances of...
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Federal investigators stumbled across the scandal after an executive they were targeting in an unrelated securities fraud scheme told them that a Yale soccer coach had offered to helphis daughter get into the school in exchange for bribes. Authorities set up a sting in a Boston hotel room in April 2018 and recorded the coach, Rudy Meredith, solicit...
Of the more than 50 people charged in the case, all but a handful ended up pleading guilty. Among the most high-profile parents who admitted to charges were “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli,who paid $500,000 in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California as crew te...
Before Singer’s sentence, the longest sentence in the case had gone to Gordon Ernst, the former Georgetown University tennis coachwho once coached former President Barack Obama’s family. He was sentenced in July to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping parents cheat their kids’ way into the schoo...
Just before leaving office, President Donald Trump pardoned Robert Zangrillo, a prominent Miami developer and investor who was charged with paying $250,000 to get his daughter into USC as a transfer in 2018. William Ferguson, a former Wake Forest University coach, entered into a deferred prosecution agreementwith prosecutors that will make the case...
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- Justice Department Reporter
May 11, 2023 · BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court overturned all fraud convictions Wednesday of two parents who were found guilty of paying bribes to get their kids into elite universities as part of a sprawling college admissions scandal.
- adurkin@ap.org
- Justice Department Reporter
In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues .
Sep 27, 2021 · Since the Varsity Blues scandal broke more than two years ago, colleges pledged to fight sports admissions fraud. What's really changed? Wealthy families can still more easily access college...
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May 10, 2023 · In a stunning reversal, a federal appeals court overturned the fraud and conspiracy convictions on Wednesday of two parents found guilty of participating in a far-reaching bribery scheme, known as...
Sep 30, 2020 · A new book tells the story behind Operation Varsity Blues, the largest college admissions scandal ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
