Rick Singer — the mastermind of the college admissions scandal from 2019 — is set to be sentenced on Wednesday. Singer pleaded guilty to making $25 million by selling what he called a “side door” into top universities.
Rick Singer departs federal court in Boston in March 2019 after pleading guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Singer is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon in Boston.Rick Singer departs federal court in Boston in March 2019 after pleading guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Singer is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon in Boston.
"We help the wealthiest families in the U.S. get their kids in school," Singer bragged as he pitched one of his clients on a call recorded by the FBI."They want guarantees. They want this thing done." "He is already serving a life sentence of sorts," his lawyers say,"vilified by the public, and ostracized, living an isolated, lonely life," and having lost"the trust and respect of family, friends."
Actress Lori Loughlin leaves federal court in Boston with her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli in Boston, after a 2019 hearing in the"Varsity Blues" college admissions bribery scandal.Actress Lori Loughlin leaves federal court in Boston with her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli in Boston, after a 2019 hearing in the"Varsity Blues" college admissions bribery scandal.
Prosecutors also argue that while Singer's cooperation was"singularly valuable," it was also"singularly problematic." After he was arrested for his con, Singer actually tried to con prosecutors, too.
"I'm a Black man in America, so duh!" says Akil Bello, a longtime advocate for equity in education."The sentences to me seem particularly light, especially when compared to other education-related sentences" of underprivileged and minority defendants, he says. Bello points to an Ohio mom who lied to get her two kids into a better public school and was sentenced to two five-year terms to be served concurrently .
He doesn't see any of the"enormous and systemic changes in the college admission process" that prosecutors have touted. A judge in one of the Varsity Blues cases put it bluntly in an order granting a new trial to one of the coaches who was convicted:"However distasteful, there is nothing inherently illegal about a private institution accepting money in exchange for a student's admission."
"You can't let him off [easy] just because cooperated with authorities," Armbrust says."It just seems like he's trying to save his own skin."
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