A California woman was sentenced Tuesday to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters’ college admissions exams and get one of them into Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit. In an unusual hearing held via videoconference due to the coronavirus pandemic, the judge rejected Elizabeth Henriquez’s bid to avoid prison because of the...

After winning guilty verdicts against top Enron executives in one of the most high-profile cases of corporate fraud, the lead prosecutor declared: “No matter how rich and powerful you are, you have to play by the rules.” More than a decade later, that same lawyer, Sean Berkowitz, is fighting to clear “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer…

TV actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will go on trial in October on charges that they bribed their daughters’ way into the University of Southern California, a federal judge said Thursday. The judge set the trial date a day after defense attorneys claimed that new evidence would exonerate the couple of charges in the college…

An October trial date has been set in Boston’s federal court for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband in the college admissions scandal.

Lawyers for “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, said Wednesday that new evidence shows the couple is innocent of charges that they bribed their daughters’ way into the University of Southern California.

An heiress to the Hot Pockets microwavable snack fortune who agreed to pay $300,000 to cheat the college admissions process for her daughters in a nationwide bribery scheme was sentenced Tuesday to five months in prison. Michelle Janavs, whose family developed Hot Pockets before selling their company, was sentenced in Boston federal court for her role in the scandal that…

The former men’s tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin sprinted away from a scrum of reporters and his own lawyers Monday after he was sentenced to six months in prison for taking a $100,000 bribe as part of a sweeping college admissions scam. Michael Center collapsed into his chair and sobbed with his face in his hands…

A woman charged in the college admissions scandal pleaded guilty Friday to paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit. Xiaoning Sui, 49, a Chinese citizen who lives in Surrey, British Columbia, pleaded guilty to a single count of federal programs bribery in Boston’s federal court. The charge is used…

Lawyers for “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and other prominent parents charged in the sweeping college admissions bribery case say they won’t be ready to go to trial until next year.

As the college admissions scandal wages on, an eyebrow-raising document has surfaced.

A former investment firm CEO from California was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday for his part in the sweeping college admissions scandal.

Federal prosecutors are seeking an October trial for “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, on charges that they paid bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.

A California woman pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge Wednesday after authorities said she paid a company $ 9,000 to take online classes for her son at Georgetown University and then demanded a discount when he received a C.Karen Littlefair, 57, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The resident of Newport Beach,…

Attorneys for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli appeared in Boston federal court Friday, a day after the U.S. Attorney’s Office released emails that appear to show the couple corresponding with the admitted mastermind of the college admissions scandal. The appearance comes after the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed hundreds of pages of emails, transcripts of...

Parents in the college admissions cheating scandal, including actress Lori Loughlin, could soon be heading to trial. Attorneys for some parents were back in federal court in Boston Friday for an interim status conference hearing.

Attorneys for actress Lori Loughlin her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were set to appear in Boston federal court Friday on their charges stemming from indictments in the college admissions scandal.

Attorneys for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli will appear in Boston federal court a day after emails were released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office that appear to tie the couple to the college admissions scheme.

Newly-released emails and phone transcripts detail how prosecutors zeroed in on actress Lori Loughlin and other parents in the college admissions scandal. In court filings this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office responded to claims from parents that prosecutors are withholding evidence. Calling their requests a “fishing expedition,” the office released a series of emails, including those belonging to Loughlin...

A Massachusetts real estate developer accused of paying $220,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California faces a new tax fraud charge. John Wilson, 59, of Lynnfield, Mass., was indicted Tuesday on one count of filing a false tax return. He has previously pleaded not guilty to federal charges including money laundering, wire fraud and federal programs…

Sophia Macy is entering “The Twilight Zone.” The elder daughter of Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy will appear in an episode of Jordan Peele’s anthology series.