July 14, 2025
The convicted mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admissions bribery scandal will be allowed to work as an adviser to college applicants, but must post a notice about the case on the website of his new venture, a Massachusetts federal judge ordered Monday.
June 09, 2025
Boston federal prosecutors on Monday argued that the mastermind of the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal should look for work outside the college counseling business that served as the springboard for the yearslong, high-profile legal battle.
April 19, 2024
A private equity executive whose conviction in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case was almost entirely wiped out by the First Circuit is entitled to a refund of $1 million he paid to the scheme's ringleader, a federal judge ruled Friday.
January 16, 2024
A federal judge was left "befuddled" Tuesday by the government's position that a parent whose "Varsity Blues" conviction was largely thrown out on appeal can't get back $1 million he paid to the scheme's ringleader.
December 04, 2023
Federal prosecutors argued Monday that a court-ordered refund of $1 million to a parent who largely beat so-called Varsity Blues charges would have a widespread effect and encourage "scores" of other after-the-fact cases with defendants who want forfeited money returned.
November 08, 2023
A former private equity executive who largely beat "Varsity Blues" charges has launched his latest salvo in an ongoing effort to recoup $1 million he says was illegally forfeited, arguing the government bungled the handling of the account where the money was held and let the scheme's ringleader steal more than $86,000.
October 25, 2023
Federal prosecutors say a parent who beat fraud and bribery charges in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case should not get back the $1 million he paid to the scheme's mastermind as purported donations because the deadline to submit his request has long since passed.
January 04, 2023
The mastermind of the largest college admissions scam in the nation's history was sentenced to 3½ years in prison Wednesday as a Boston federal judge reprimanded the former college counselor at the center of the "Varsity Blues" scheme for the "large amounts of dishonesty" shown by everyone involved.
January 03, 2023
The architect of the high-profile "Varsity Blues" college admissions scheme will face sentencing on Wednesday, returning to the Boston federal courthouse where judges handed down prison terms to dozens of his associates and parent clients.
November 04, 2022
Talk of low morale, a lack of veteran prosecutors, and plummeting indictment numbers have plagued the U.S. attorney's office in Boston under Rachael Rollins as it prepares to defend its crown jewel "Varsity Blues" trial conviction to a First Circuit panel.