December 7, 2021 Two Silicon Valley parents pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with their involvement in the college admissions case.
A California couple admitted Tuesday to shelling out $25,000 to buy their son a higher SAT score as part of the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, pleading guilty to a single charge just a month before they were to stand trial in the high-profile case.
Gregory Colburn and Amy Colburn, from California, have agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud. The charges relate to the admissions scandal. The Colburns are admitting that they paid Rick Singer, the organizer of the admissions schemes, $25,000 to bribe Igor Dvorskiy, a corrupt test administrator,