Two parents convicted in first trial of US college bribery scandal

Two parents convicted in first trial of US college bribery scandal
Gamal Abdelaziz (Josh Reynolds/AP)

Two wealthy parents have been convicted of buying their children’s way into school as athletic recruits in the first case to go to trial in the college admissions cheating scandal.

Gamal Abdelaziz, a former casino executive, and John Wilson, a former Staples executive, were found guilty after about 10 hours of deliberations in the case that exposed a scheme to get undeserving applicants into college by falsely portraying them as star athletes.

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