College Admissions Scandal

A former technology executive has pleaded guilty to paying $300,000 to bribe his son’s way into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit — even though the son didn’t play tennis.

A Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, man has agreed to plead guilty to bribing Georgetown University’s former tennis coach $50,000 to get his daughter admitted as a fake athletic recruit, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will plead guilty today via video conference for their involvement in the “Varsity Blues Scandal.”

Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, will plead guilty today via video conference for their involvement in the “Varsity Blues Scandal.”

Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with the college admissions scandal, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Both will serve time in prison under the terms of their plea agreements. Loughlin, who played Aunt Becky on the sitcom “Full House,” and Giannulli, were scheduled to go on...

The college admissions scandal led to the arrests of dozens of wealthy and influential people. Jackie Bruno takes a closer look at two of the celebrities involved in the case.

Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with the college admissions scandal, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday morning. Under the terms of the plea deal, Loughlin will serve two months in prison, pay a $150,000 fine and be on supervised release for two years with 100…

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband  Mossimo Giannulli will both plead guilty in their role in a widespread college admissions scandal, according to prosecutors.

Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with the college admissions scandal, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents accused of cheating the college admissions process, siding with prosecutors who denied that investigators had fabricated evidence. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton rejected a bid by the defense to throw out the indictment over allegations of misconduct...

Felicity Huffman’s daughter, Sophia has been accepted at Carnegie Mellon University and will be attending the school’s theater program in the fall. The 19-year-old confirmed the news on her Instagram page by updating her bio with “CMU Drama ‘24.” Sophia had her college acceptance for 2019 rescinded after her mother’s involvement in the college admissions scandal.

Lawyers for Douglas Hodge said in a filing Thursday that the 62-year-old former CEO of the Pacific Investment Management Co. shouldn’t be forced to go to prison in the middle of a pandemic.

The former University of California at Los Angeles men’s soccer coach will plead guilty to taking $200,000 in bribes as part of the college admissions cheating scheme, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Jorge Salcedo, 47, of Los Angeles, will admit to getting bribes in exchange for helping get one male and one female student into the school as fake soccer recruits….

The judge overseeing the case against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other parents charged with cheating the college admissions process is calling allegations of misconduct by investigators “serious and disturbing.”

Federal prosecutors in the college admissions scandal have filed a response to Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli’s request to dismiss the case. In new court documents obtained by E! News, emails, phone transcripts and photos further reveal the famous couple’s alleged involvement with the scam’s accused ring leader, William “Rick” Singer. Among the exhibits submitted by prosecutors are photos...

Federal prosecutors are denying allegations that investigators deliberately withheld and fabricated evidence to entrap actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents charged with cheating the college admissions process

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.