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Former Northeastern University track and field coach Steve Waithe pled guilty to federal charges in a scheme to trick female student-athletes into sending him...

Steve Waithe left Northeastern University in February 2019 following allegations of inappropriate conduct toward female athletes.

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A former Northeastern University track-and-field coach pled guilty to charges stemming from a scam that resulted in student athletes sending him nude photos.

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A former college track and field coach has pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and one count of computer fraud.

A former college track and field coach accused of setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick women into sending him nude or semi-nude photos of themselves has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston

A former college track and field coach accused of setting up sham social media and email accounts in an attempt to trick women into sending him nude or semi-nude photos of themselves pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston, prosecutors said Tuesday. Steve Waithe, 30, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and one count of computer fraud, prosecutors said.

Said he needed them to do "reverse image searches," claiming nudes of the women had turned up online and he needed the new nudes to erase those. Plus, he had another scheme involving briefly taking the female athletes' phones.

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Northeastern University track-and-field coach pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges involving a scheme to s...