College Admissions Dad Cleared of Fraud Wants $1 Million Back

Private equity investor John B. Wilson has already gotten his fraud conviction overturned in the sprawling “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal. Now he wants the $1 million he paid to the scheme’s mastermind back.

Wilson, founder of Hyannis Port Capital, was among dozens of parents charged with taking part in the scam to cheat their kids’ way into elite institutions.

He argues that since he was cleared by an appeals court of paying bribes to get his twin daughters into Harvard and Stanford, the government should return the $500,000 in fees for each child he paid to a corrupt ...