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Appeals Court Overturns First ‘Varsity Blues' College Admissions Scandal Convictions
A federal jury found the pair guilty in 2021 of buying their kids’ ways into school as athletic recruits in the first case to go to trial in the so-called “Operation Varsity Blues” scandal that embroiled prestigious universities across the country.
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Wealth Looms Big as Ever in Post-Scandal College Admissions
Celebrities wept in court. Coaches lost their jobs. Elite universities saw their reputations stained. And nearly four years later, the mastermind of the Varsity Blues scheme was sentenced this month to more than three years in prison. But there’s little belief the college bribery scandal has stirred significant change in the admissions landscape. Some schools tweaked rules to prevent...
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Rick Singer, Mastermind of ‘Varsity Blues' College Admissions Scandal, Gets 3.5 Years in Prison
The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
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Ex-Harvard Coach, Dad Acquitted in Admissions Bribery Case
A former Harvard fencing coach was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he accepted more than $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for designating a wealthy businessman’s two sons as recruits to help secure their admission to the elite university. Jurors found Peter Brand not guilty of conspiracy and bribery charges more than three years after a newspaper reported that Brand…
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Ex-Yale Coach Gets 5 Months in Admissions Bribery Scandal
The former Yale University women’s soccer coach whose cooperation with authorities helped blow the lid off the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal by leading the FBI to the scheme’s mastermind has been sentenced to five months in prison.