operation varsity blues

A former Georgetown University tennis coach has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school. The sentence for Gordon Ernst is by far the toughest punishment handed down so far in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal that shined...

A former assistant soccer coach at the University of Southern California who created fake athletic profiles for the children of wealthy parents in the sprawling college admissions bribery scheme avoided prison time Tuesday after helping convict others in the case. Laura Janke, who helped the mastermind of the scheme get students into elite schools as bogus athletics recruits, was sentenced…

A Massachusetts business executive who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the sprawling college admissions cheating scandal appealed his conviction on Monday, arguing that he believed he was making legitimate donations to get his three children into elite universities. John Wilson, 62, was convicted on a range of fraud and bribery charges after a jury trial last year….

A former Florida prep school administrator has been sentenced to prison and a University of Southern California water polo coach has been convicted in the long running college admissions bribery scandal

He was among nearly 60 people charged in an investigation dubbed ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ that also ensnared athletic coaches at Georgetown, Yale and other prestigious schools.

A California couple accused of paying $25,000 to cheat on their son’s college admissions test has abruptly agreed to plead guilty