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The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by United States federal prosecutors. At least 53 [ 3 ] people have been charged as part of the conspiracy, [ 4 ][ 5 ] a number of whom pled guilty or agreed to plead guilty.
Sep 24, 2024 · Last Friday, Wilson and his wife, Leslie Q. Wilson, sued the University of Southern California in a Los Angeles County superior court for fraud, deceit and misrepresentation. The couple seeks more than $75 million in damages, reflecting their attorneys’ fees to defend themselves from criminal conduct, lost income, lost future earnings and ...
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- Gregory Abbott, 68, of New York, founder and chairman of International Dispensing Corp., a food and beverage packaging company. Abbott and his wife are alleged to have paid $50,000 to Key Worldwide Foundation in return for CW-1 and CW-2 proctoring their daughter's ACT exam and correcting her answers as she completed it.
- Marcia Abbott, 59, of New York, wife of Gregory Abbott, is facing the same charges. Pleaded guilty on May 22, 2019.
- Gamal "Aziz" Abdelaziz, 62, of Las Vegas, former president and executive director of Wynn Macau resort. Abdelaziz is accused of bribing Donna Heinel, the senior associate athletic director at USC, to designate his daughter as a recruit to the USC basketball team in order to get her admitted to the university.
- Diane Blake, 55, of San Francisco, an executive at retail merchandising firm. Diane Blake and her husband are accused of bribing USC's Heinel to facilitate their daughter's admission to the school as a purported volleyball recruit.
Jun 29, 2023 · Federal prosecutors in Boston are dropping charges against two parents in the college admissions scandal known as Varsity Blues, according to a court filing Thursday. The decision followed a ...
Sep 23, 2024 · USC further confirmed to the Wilsons the propriety of their donation by corresponding with the Wilsons during their son Johnny's freshman year as a full-time "redshirt" player on the USC water ...
Sep 23, 2024 · "USC not only misled the Wilsons into making their donation under false pretenses but also had the audacity to keep the money even after labeling it, many years later, as an illegal bribe. This is ...
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The NCAA accepted USC's earlier elimination of its women's tennis wins between November 2006 and May 2009 and did not sanction the team further. [ 1 ] Shortly after the NCAA handed out its penalties, the Football Writers Association of America announced it would no longer recognize the Trojans as its 2004 national champion. [ 5 ]
