John Wilson and Gamal Abdelaziz said they believed they were making legitimate donations to get their children into elite universities.

Many strategies employed by institution leaders and professors have worked, most notably proactive warnings.

After finding out his wife cheated on him during their marriage, a father is threatening not to pay his son's college tuition if a DNA test proves they are not biologically related.

Gordon Ernst pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery; federal programs bribery; and filing a false tax return, prosecutors said.