university fraudPosts Tagged “university fraud”7 posts🇺🇸TV SeriesJuly 29, 2026Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions ScandalOperation Varsity Blues is a 2021 Netflix docudrama about Rick Singer's nationwide scheme to bribe coaches and falsify credentials to secure elite university admissions.Operation Varsity BluesNetflixRick Singer+7🇺🇸CaseJune 3, 2026Centra Tech ICO Fraud — Celebrity-Backed Crypto ScamThe Centra Tech fraud case is a U.S. cryptocurrency securities fraud scheme in which three founders raised over $25 million through false claims and celebrity endorsements in 2017.Centra Techcryptocurrency fraudICO scam+11🇺🇸CaseJune 2, 2026NCAA Basketball Corruption Scandal — Federal Bribery CaseThe NCAA Basketball Corruption Scandal is a US federal bribery and wire-fraud case unsealed in 2017, in which Adidas executives, agents and assistant coaches paid to steer recruits to sponsored programs.NCAA basketball corruption scandalNew York Cityfederal fraud+10🇺🇸CaseJune 2, 2026College Admissions Scandal — Operation Varsity BluesThe College Admissions Scandal, known federally as Operation Varsity Blues, was a nationwide US bribery and fraud conspiracy involving consultant Rick Singer, charged in Boston on March 12, 2019.College Admissions ScandalOperation Varsity BluesMassachusetts+8🇺🇸CaseJune 2, 2026The Bling Ring — Hollywood Celebrity Burglary CrewThe Bling Ring was a California burglary crew of teenagers and young adults led by Rachel Lee and Nick Prugo who stole from celebrity homes across Los Angeles County between October 2008 and August 2009.Bling RingLos Angelescelebrity burglary+12🌍CaseMay 8, 2026Ruja Ignatova — The OneCoin FraudsterRuja Ignatova founded OneCoin in 2014, promising investors astronomical returns through what she claimed was a revolutionary cryptocurrency. Billions were defrauded from millions of victims worldwide before she vanished from public view in October 2017. The FBI has been searching for her ever since and added her to its Ten Most Wanted list in 2022.pyramid schemecryptocurrencyOneCoin+10🇺🇸Podcast EpisodeMay 26, 2025The Dropout: Inside Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos Fraud TrialRebecca Jarvis hosts The Dropout, an ABC News true crime podcast that chronicles Elizabeth Holmes' federal criminal fraud trial over Theranos, the blood-testing company she founded. Through never-before-aired depositions and exclusive interviews, the series examines how Holmes allegedly defrauded investors and patients.financial crimeFraudTrial+21