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Fresh out of federal prison, the mastermind behind the college admissions scam known as “Operation Varsity Blues” is back ...
By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN William “Rick” Singer, the mastermind of the sprawling college admissions scam aptly known as Operation Varsity Blues, was sentenced Wednesday to 3.5 ...
For a flat fee of between $6,000 and $30,0000, one college consulting firm with nine offices nationwide will work with students starting as early as middle school to find a right-fit university ...
They're joined by 31 other parents, including a few CEOs and other business executives who were charged in a $25 million college admissions cheating scheme, according to a list released by the U.S ...
33: The number of parents charged in connection to the college admissions cheating scheme. 8: The number of years over which the scandal took place.
For the entire sample of 344 CEOs, 97% graduated from college. But only 36% of the executives who earned a college degree graduated from one of the top 50 colleges and universities.
William “Rick” Singer, the mastermind of the college admissions scam, approached seven Stanford coaches about potential recruits between 2009 and his arrest in 2019, Stanford University’s ...
Sloane is the second parent to be sentenced in the college admissions scam, and his sentence represents the most significant punishment so far in the case. Earlier this month, the actress Felicity ...
The probe turned to Meredith — then widened to nearly 50 others as the feds learned the scam involved wealthy parents, other college athletic coaches, and crooked SAT and ACT test proctors.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling announces indictments in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal, in a news conference on Tuesday in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP ...
Shortly after federal authorities took down a national college admissions scam in March, officials at USC launched their own investigation with emails to dozens of students. They did not mince ...
The California businessman at the heart of the sweeping college admissions bribery case ran a two-pronged scheme to get students admitted into the nation’s top schools, authorities revealed Tuesday.