A federal appeals court overturned convictions of two parents found guilty of paying bribes to secure their children’s admissions to college as athletic recruits. The convictions had been tied to a scheme known as 'Operation Varsity Blues.'
Many of the parents pleaded guilty, but Abdelaziz and Wilson chose to fight the fraud, bribery and conspiracy charges against them.Both men agreed with Singer to make payments purportedly to university accounts to secure their children’s admission as athletic recruits. Their defense at trial and on appeal, the judge wrote, is that they believed Singer’s services and those payments were legitimate.Abdelaziz and Wilson in October 2021 of conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy to commit bribery.
Wilson was accused of paying $220,000 to have his son named a USC water-polo recruit and another $1 million to get his daughters into Harvard and Stanford universities as sailing recruits.Abdelaziz maintained that he believed this option to be at least tacitly approved by the school, according to the court documents.
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