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Mastermind of college admissions scam sentenced to 3½ years in prison

Por: Los Angeles Times Nation January 04, 2023

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William “Rick” Singer, the self-styled college admissions consultant who bribed coaches and rigged exams to slip the children of his wealthy clients into the country’s best universities, must spend three years and six months in prison for masterminding a scheme that made him millions of dollars and rocked the country's elite academic institutions. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel on Wednesday ordered... + full article



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