Former Georgetown tennis coach pleads guilty to accepting admissions bribes

• Ernst named at least 12 Georgetown applicants as tennis recruits, including some who did not play competitively, prosecutors say. Doing so gave them an edge in admissions.
• He later failed to report payments from the bribes on federal income tax returns.

Driving the news: Ernst agreed on Monday to a sentence of at least one year and up to four years in prison, two years of supervised release and a forfeiture of $3,435,053.

• The charge of federal programs bribery provides for a maximum sentence of 10 years.

The big picture: Fallout from Operation Varsity Blues continues two years after federal prosecutors charged at least 50 people for allegedly bribing coaches and paying for forged standardized tests in a conspiracy to get their children into elite American colleges.

• Earlier this month, two parents were found guilty for their participation in what federal prosecutors have called the biggest college admissions scam in U.S. history. They were the first to stand trial in the scandal.