Gordon Caplan Varsity Blues
Caplan was let go as co chairman of the law firm willkie farr gallagher llp in april after being charged in the varsity blues college admissions scandal.
Gordon caplan varsity blues. Attorneys office calls a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities. As you probably know the onetime co managing partner at willkie farr found himself caught in the varsity blues college admissions scandal eventually pleading guilty to paying 75000 to. His law license in new york is.
The investigation and related charges were made public on march 12 2019 by united states federal prosecutors. Today his career lies in tatters amid a college admissions scandal. Caplan was snared in the fbis varsity blues investigation which reached from boston to los angeles and back to tampa.
Another person ensnared in the varsity blues college bribery scandal has a connection to california politics. Greenwich tennis competitors dad gordon caplan arrested in operation varsity blues update. 10319 gordon caplan was sentenced to one month in jail and agreed to a suspension of his law license while the ny bar investigates.
Gordon caplan was named dealmaker of the year last september. The result of an fbi investigation dubbed operation varsity blues caplan as well as dozens of other well to do parents was involved in what the us. Federal prosecutors had asked the judge for eight month of jail time.
At the time caplan was co chairman of willkie farr gallagher an international law firm with more than 700 attorneys. At least 53 people have been charged as part of the conspiracy a. At its center was so called college counselor william rick singer who.
The co chair of willkie farr gordon caplan was named today in an unsealed federal indictment. Gordan caplan the consequences just keep piling on gordon caplan the co chair of willkie farr caught in the college admissions scandal dubbed operation varsity blues by authorities. Gordon caplan is one of the.