William 'Rick' Singer's sentencing will all but mark the end of 'Operation Varsity Blues.'
William"Rick" Singer founder of the Edge College & Career Network, departs federal court in Boston, after he pleaded guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.William "Rick" Singer, the ringleader in a college admissions cheating scandal that spanned the country, is expected to be sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge.
His sentence all but marks the end of "Operation Varsity Blues," the moniker for the prosecutors' investigation that uncovered a cheating ring of approximately 50 defendants. He convinced wealthy clients to pay him bribes in order to give their children a leg up at schools such as Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California, prosecutors said. Singer then funneled the money through his charity he said would support disadvantaged youth, allowing his co-conspirators to write off their dues as tax deductions.
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