September 20, 2022
A former private equity executive can't get an early end to his supervised-release term after being sentenced in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, a Boston federal judge ruled.
May 11, 2022
Federal prosecutors reversed course Wednesday and told a judge they will no longer oppose bail for a pair of fathers convicted in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case while they appeal.
May 02, 2022
A casino executive convicted in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case said Monday that federal prosecutors made an argument opposing bail that was "so misleading" that his lawyers wrote to the government asking for a correction to its motion.
April 21, 2022
A California couple recently sentenced to eight weeks in prison for their roles in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scheme said Thursday they will plead their case to the First Circuit, setting up an appeal on legal issues that have divided some judges in the Boston federal courthouse.
April 20, 2022
A Taiwan-born parent who built wealth as a warehouse executive after becoming a U.S. citizen "subverted" his version of the American dream by paying a bribe to inflate his son's college entrance exam scores, a judge said Wednesday as he approved an agreed-upon nine-week prison sentence.
April 19, 2022
A federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by a mother who pled guilty in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case to leave her home confinement to attend her daughter's graduation from law school and military commissioning ceremony after prosecutors argued that letting her go would be "perverse."
April 18, 2022
A private equity executive and former casino boss convicted in the first trial of the "Varsity Blues" college admissions cases should not be allowed to remain free while they appeal, federal prosecutors said Monday.
April 18, 2022
A California businessman was driven by "privilege" when he paid bribes to inflate his son's college entrance exam score in the "Varsity Blues" conspiracy, federal prosecutors said Friday in urging a judge to sign off on a stipulated nine-week prison sentence.
April 14, 2022
A California couple's "audacity and arrogance" in boosting their son's college entrance exam scores through bribes to the "Varsity Blues" ringleader warrant the eight-week jail term outlined in their plea deals with prosecutors, a Boston federal judge said Thursday.
April 11, 2022
A California couple who once complained about cheating at their son's high school deserve eight weeks in prison for having the "audacity" to pay the "Varsity Blues" ringleader to help their other son cheat on his college entrance exam, prosecutors said Sunday.