Jury hears of ‘sprawling’ U.S. college admissions fraud scheme as first trial underway

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September 14, 2021

Two businessmen sought to use their wealth to fraudulently secure spots for their children at elite U.S. universities, a federal prosecutor said on Monday at the start of the first trial in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal.

Former casino executive Gamal Aziz and private equity firm founder John Wilson paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to secure spots for their children at the University of Southern California (USC) as “phony” athletic recruits, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leslie Wright told a federal jury in Boston.

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Jury hears of ‘sprawling’ U.S. college admissions fraud scheme as first trial underway

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