She is the first parent charged in the 'Varsity Blues' scandal in a cheating plot involving a student already enrolled in college rather than one seeking admission.
Joey GarrisonBOSTON – In a different twist in the nation's college admissions scandal, a woman from Newport Beach, California, was charged Monday and agreed to plead guilty to paying $9,000 to have someone take online classes for her son so he could graduate from Georgetown University.
She is the wife of Andrew Littlefair, president and CEO of Clean Energy Fuels. He was not charged in the case.College admissions scandal tracker: Who pleaded guilty, who went to prison – and who's still fightingPreviously, prosecutors targeted wealthy parents who paid Singer, a college admissions consultant from Newport Beach, to either tag their children as fake athletic recruits or have someone cheat on their college entrance exams to get them admitted into prestigious universities.
Georgetown spokeswoman Meghan Dubyak said the university became aware of potential misconduct related to a graduated student's online coursework during an internal investigation initiated after the Justice Department announced the college admissions case in March.
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