NEW YORK — The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions cheating scandal -- known by its investigative moniker"Varsity Blues" -- deserves no more than six months in prison, Rick Singer's attorneys said Wednesday in a new court filing.
Singer pleaded guilty in 2018 and has since helped federal prosecutors in Boston with their sweeping investigation into bribes paid to athletic coaches, SAT and ACT proctors, and others so students of wealthy parents could cheat their way into some of the country's best-known schools. Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were among the more than three dozen parents charged.
Singer's cooperation helped prosecutors secure 53 convictions, and defense attorneys said that deserved the judge's consideration. "Singer was the architect of a massive, decade-long scheme to use fraud and bribery to secure the admission of high school students to elite colleges and universities across the country," prosecutors wrote."Staggering in scope, Singer's scheme was also breathtaking in its audacity and the levels of deception it involved."
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