Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A California woman has agreed to plead guilty as part of a national college admissions scandal, becoming the 53rd defendant charged in the case, officials said.
Prosecutors in Boston said Karen Littlefair, 57, of Newport Beach, Calif., agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was charged as part of "Operation Varsity Blues," a wide-ranging scam involving dozens of parents who paid millions for high test scores or athletic scholarships that admitted their children to top U.S. universities.