Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst was sentenced to more than two years of prison for pleading guilty to helping prospective students get a chance to enter the school tennis team.
Ernst, 54, was found guilty of helping students get into better colleges than they deserve.
People who cheat the college enrollment system were featured in a show called “Operation Varsity Blues,” which focuses mostly on bribes from rich and wealthy parents to get their children in top colleges.
Rachel Rollins, the U.S attorney said, “Mr. Ernst was one of the most prolific participants in cheating the college admissions system,” she said. “He put nearly $3.5 million in bribes directly into his pocket and sold close to two dozen slots at Georgetown to the highest bidder.”
Rollins also said, “Mr. Ernst was a key driver of the college admissions process, and the court’s sentence speaks volumes of the gravity of his conduct.”
Gordon Ernst was first arrested in March of 2019, along with him more than forty-eight other coaches, parents, and testing center officials. Mr. Ernst pleaded guilty to helping more than a dozen students get enlisted to the Georgetown tennis team between the time of 2012 and 2018. Some of these students didn’t even play tennis competitively.
Around fifty people have been charged along with this man.
Ernst has also worked with a man named William Singer, who goes by the name Rick. They provide “opportunities” to get kids into the nation’s top universities. Singer is one of the only four people left that haven’t been sentenced yet. People await the next episode of this show.
Ernst, 54, was found guilty of helping students get into better colleges than they deserve.
People who cheat the college enrollment system were featured in a show called “Operation Varsity Blues,” which focuses mostly on bribes from rich and wealthy parents to get their children in top colleges.
Rachel Rollins, the U.S attorney said, “Mr. Ernst was one of the most prolific participants in cheating the college admissions system,” she said. “He put nearly $3.5 million in bribes directly into his pocket and sold close to two dozen slots at Georgetown to the highest bidder.”
Rollins also said, “Mr. Ernst was a key driver of the college admissions process, and the court’s sentence speaks volumes of the gravity of his conduct.”
Gordon Ernst was first arrested in March of 2019, along with him more than forty-eight other coaches, parents, and testing center officials. Mr. Ernst pleaded guilty to helping more than a dozen students get enlisted to the Georgetown tennis team between the time of 2012 and 2018. Some of these students didn’t even play tennis competitively.
Around fifty people have been charged along with this man.
Ernst has also worked with a man named William Singer, who goes by the name Rick. They provide “opportunities” to get kids into the nation’s top universities. Singer is one of the only four people left that haven’t been sentenced yet. People await the next episode of this show.
