The mastermind behind the widespread college admissions bribery scandal, William “Rick” Singer, was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in federal prison — ending a saga that landed dozens of wealthy ...

Rick Singer, the mastermind of the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal that federal prosecutors say was "breathtaking in its audacity and levels of deception it involved," was ...

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William “Rick” Singer leaves the Moakley Courthouse after being sentenced to 3.5 years in jail on January 4 The former Orange County college admissions consultant who orchestrated the “Varsity Blues” ...

A federal appeals court overturned all fraud convictions Wednesday of two parents who were found guilty of paying bribes to get their kids into elite universities as part of a sprawling college ...

The mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, Rick Singer, is set to be sentenced Wednesday in Boston for a scheme that federal prosecutors say is "staggering in its scope and ...

Picture this: an amalgamation of secretive phone calls, celebrity involvement, millions of dollars and fake athletic scholarships that created massive public uproar. Netflix has continued to add to ...

As the fallout continues for Operation Varsity Blues, Yale University confirmed that one student will no longer be admitted because of the cheating scam. "Yale has rescinded the admission of one ...

The former college admissions consultant who cooked up a multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently admit kids of wealthy clients, including Hollywood celebrities, into elite U.S. colleges was ...