May 26, 2021
Three "Varsity Blues" parents facing a September trial asked a Boston federal judge on Wednesday to transfer their case to California to slim down the size of an eventual Boston trial and separate them from other parents charged in a separate admissions scheme.
May 21, 2021
Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion-designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, can shake off the "Varsity Blues" in sunny Cabo after a Massachusetts judge on Thursday approved their plan for a weeklong Mexico vacation while they're out of prison on supervised release.
May 12, 2021
A Massachusetts federal judge sentenced a former TGP Capital private equity executive to three months behind bars Wednesday for paying a $50,000 bribe in the "Varsity Blues" scandal to boost his son's standardized test scores.
May 10, 2021
A California private equity executive who pled guilty in the "Varsity Blues" bribery scandal said Friday he's suffered enough since giving up his "life's work" at TPG Capital, asking a Massachusetts federal court to accept an agreed-upon three-month prison sentence.
April 13, 2021
Federal prosecutors will not stand in the way of a California couple's request to stagger their prison terms in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case so they can take turns handling parenting duties, according to a court filing Monday.
March 17, 2021
The former CEO of Pacific Investment Management Co. has backed off appealing his nine-month prison sentence in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, according to a Wednesday court filing.
February 16, 2021
Two sets of parents charged with involvement in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal will have their cases rejoined for one trial in September, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, citing "optimistic anticipation" that a trial at that time will be safe.
February 10, 2021
A former private equity executive nabbed in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal admitted Wednesday to paying $50,000 to boost his son's standardized test scores, pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud in the sprawling corruption prosecution.
February 05, 2021
An ex-senior executive at a San Francisco-based private equity firm has agreed to plead guilty to a wire fraud charge stemming from his involvement in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, according to a plea agreement filed Friday in Massachusetts federal court.
February 04, 2021
A California woman on Thursday was granted a delayed start to her six-week prison sentence in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case in order to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, after telling a federal judge that it's a "modest" request.