College admissions scandal: First parents to be found guilty - CNN Former MGM Resorts executive Gamal Abdelaziz was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in federal prison for bribing his daughters way into the University of Southern California as a fake basketball recruit, marking an end to the first case in the nationwide Varsity Blues college admissions scandal to go to trial. The parents did not come up with the scheme; that was Rick Singer, Leslie Wright, one of the prosecutors, said. There is no evidence, not even a hint, that John figured out Singers scam., Mr. Kelly, Mr. Abdelaziz lawyer, said: Its not illegal to do fund-raising, not illegal to give money to a school in the hopes that your kid will get in. The MMA manager also recruited by NYPD as a confidential informant to aid their case against a terrorist group based in Virginia. They and their families enjoy privileges and opportunities that most of us can only imagine. His lawyer Brian Kelly plans to appeal and vindicate his client. He graduated from the Ecole htelire de Lausanne, a hotel and hospitality school, in December 2015. The parents were later found guilty in October 2021, and now, in February 2022, they have received their special prison term. List of Egyptians - Wikipedia All Rights Reserved. Gamal Abdelaziz was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release, 400 hours of community service and pay a fine of $250,000 in the sentence handed down by Judge Nathaniel Gorton in Boston federal court. Gamal Aziz also known as Gamal Aziz, is a businessman who belongs to the Egyptian-American ethnicity. \U0026 !! Gamal calls Las Vegas, NV, home. He has not been involved in any scandals other than the one in which he attempted to bribe an admissions officer in order to get his daughter admitted to the University of Southern California. John Wilson and Gamal Abdelaziz were the first of nearly 60 people charged in the case to go on trial. Another conspirator working at the universitys athletic department then used that fake profile to secure the admission of Abdelazizs daughter to USC as a basketball recruit. Dr. Gamal Abdelaziz - Managing Director - LinkedIn The defense argued that its clients were playing by the rules as they understood them: that wealthy parents could get an edge for their children by donating money. Facebook. Gamal Abdelaziz and John Wilson - Convicted in the Varsity Blues