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RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - cardcrimson - 09-28-2019
(09-28-2019, 08:04 AM)82lsju Wrote:(09-28-2019, 07:46 AM)Mick Wrote: Willkie Farr + Gallagher's former CEO Gabe Kaplan has reached a plea deal of 8 to 14 months, a year of supervised release and a $40,000 fine. He paid a proctor $75k to boost his daughter's ACT score.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plea-deal-for-former-willkie-co-chair-calls-for-a-sentence-of-up-to-14-months-in-prison
Gordon Caplan??
here's his plea agreement from Mar 2019
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/page/file/1152636/download
some of the others are here
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme
the points for each of the two already sentenced and Caplan
- Huffman with 9, she got 14 days
- Sloane with 14, he got 4 months
- Caplan with 11, I'd guess he gets 2-3 months based on his score being between the other two
all three of them get a base level of 7 points, then 4 to 10 points depending on how much they spent, then a reduction of 2 or 3 points for accepting responsibility for the crimes
Semprevino (sp?) got 4 months sentenced. His bribe was the highest so far. Higher fine and more service time, I think tho.
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 09-28-2019
(09-28-2019, 08:10 AM)cardcrimson Wrote:(09-28-2019, 08:04 AM)82lsju Wrote:(09-28-2019, 07:46 AM)Mick Wrote: Willkie Farr + Gallagher's former CEO Gabe Kaplan has reached a plea deal of 8 to 14 months, a year of supervised release and a $40,000 fine. He paid a proctor $75k to boost his daughter's ACT score.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plea-deal-for-former-willkie-co-chair-calls-for-a-sentence-of-up-to-14-months-in-prison
Gordon Caplan??
here's his plea agreement from Mar 2019
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/page/file/1152636/download
some of the others are here
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme
the points for each of the two already sentenced and Caplan
- Huffman with 9, she got 14 days
- Sloane with 14, he got 4 months
- Caplan with 11, I'd guess he gets 2-3 months based on his score being between the other two
all three of them get a base level of 7 points, then 4 to 10 points depending on how much they spent, then a reduction of 2 or 3 points for accepting responsibility for the crimes
Semprevino (sp?) got 4 months sentenced. His bribe was the highest so far. Higher fine and more service time, I think tho.
Quote:A Los Angeles businessman was sentenced Thursday to four months in prison for paying $400,000 to get his son into Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit. Stephen Semprevivo, 53, pleaded guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-admissions-scandal-stephen-semprevivo-sentenced-for-role-in-sons-admission-to-georgetown-2019-09-26/
he had 16 points, so 2 more points than Sloane who also got 4 months
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/page/file/1152691/download
those awaiting sentences have between 7 and 21 points in their plea agreements
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - martyup - 09-28-2019
(03-20-2019, 07:44 AM)martyup Wrote: This scandal is shining a spotlight on how power and wealth can corrupt the college admissions process. Stay tuned and watch how that power and wealth is used in the legal system to get these scumbags off with slaps on the hands.
I must say that I was wrong. Justice is being served, so far.
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - Mick - 09-28-2019
82lsju Wrote:Mick Wrote:Willkie Farr + Gallagher's former CEO Gabe Kaplan has reached a plea deal of 8 to 14 months, a year of supervised release and a $40,000 fine. He paid a proctor $75k to boost his daughter's ACT score.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plea-deal-for-former-willkie-co-chair-calls-for-a-sentence-of-up-to-14-months-in-prison
Gordon Caplan??
Right, I was think of Gabe Kaplan, Mr. Kotter...
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - qwerty49 - 09-28-2019
(09-28-2019, 11:25 AM)martyup Wrote:(03-20-2019, 07:44 AM)martyup Wrote: This scandal is shining a spotlight on how power and wealth can corrupt the college admissions process. Stay tuned and watch how that power and wealth is used in the legal system to get these scumbags off with slaps on the hands.
I must say that I was wrong. Justice is being served, so far.
In addition to fines etc they should all get at least 90 days in Gen Pop. None of this white-collar jail and community service BS.
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 10-03-2019
Quote:A Napa Valley winemaker facing sentencing Friday in the national college admissions cheating scandal has asked the judge for a two-month sentence — half as long as those given two other parents last week and a fraction of the 15 months prosecutors are seeking.
Among Agustin F. Huneeus’ arguments for leniency? Unlike some of the dozens of other parents implicated in the scheme, the daughter he’d helped cheat on her SAT and falsify a water polo profile didn’t get accepted to the University of Southern California because of his arrest.
“Due to the timing of the charges, his daughter was never ultimately admitted to USC,” Huneeus’ lawyers argued in a sentencing memorandum, “thus she never ‘took a spot’ from some other more deserving applicant.”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/02/college-admissions-scandal-napa-winemaker-wants-two-months-in-prison/
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - BobK - 10-03-2019
Love it Not
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - cardcrimson - 10-03-2019
(10-03-2019, 08:16 AM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:A Napa Valley winemaker facing sentencing Friday in the national college admissions cheating scandal has asked the judge for a two-month sentence — half as long as those given two other parents last week and a fraction of the 15 months prosecutors are seeking.
Among Agustin F. Huneeus’ arguments for leniency? Unlike some of the dozens of other parents implicated in the scheme, the daughter he’d helped cheat on her SAT and falsify a water polo profile didn’t get accepted to the University of Southern California because of his arrest.
“Due to the timing of the charges, his daughter was never ultimately admitted to USC,” Huneeus’ lawyers argued in a sentencing memorandum, “thus she never ‘took a spot’ from some other more deserving applicant.”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/02/college-admissions-scandal-napa-winemaker-wants-two-months-in-prison/
They're lawyers, what would expect? Throw everything imaginable against the wall and hopefully, something sticks.
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - oldalum - 10-03-2019
yeah, I'm not sure the argument for leniency that "I was late to the scheme so I got caught sooner" is going to hold much sway with the judge.
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - Mick - 10-03-2019
(09-28-2019, 08:10 AM)cardcrimson Wrote: zEO Gabe Kaplan has reached a plea deal of 8 to 14 months, a year of supervised release and a $40,000 fine. He paid a proctor $75k to boost his daughter's ACT score.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plea-deal-for-former-willkie-co-chair-calls-for-a-sentence-of-up-to-14-months-in-prison
- Caplan with 11, I'd guess he gets 2-3 months based on his score being between the other two
Caplan got one month, 250 hours community service, $50,000 fine. Sentence handed down yesterday.
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 10-03-2019
(10-03-2019, 11:54 AM)Mick Wrote: Caplan got one month, 250 hours community service, $50,000 fine. Sentence handed down yesterday.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-03/attorney-sentenced-in-college-admissions-scandal
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - terry - 10-03-2019
(10-03-2019, 11:54 AM)Mick Wrote: Caplan got one month, 250 hours community service, $50,000 fine. Sentence handed down yesterday.
Caplan also lost his very lucrative partner position at Willkie Farr, a major law firm. And now, with a felony conviction, I would think it's likely that he will be disbarred.
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 10-03-2019
the scoreboard
- Huffman with 9 points, got 14 days
- Caplan with 11 points, got 1 month
- Sloane with 14 points, got 4 months
- Semprevivo with 16 points, got 4 months
coming soon (at least the ones with plea agreements here https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme , there are a few others with sentencing dates but no agreements)
Huneeus on 04 Oct 2019 has 16 points
G. Abbot on 08 Oct 2019 has 13 points
M. Abbot on 08 Oct 2019 has 13 points
Sartorio on 11 Oct 2019 has 7 points
Klapper on 16 Oct 2019 has 9 points
Flaxman on 18 Oct 2019 has 11 points
Buckingham on 23 Oct 2019 has 11 points
Center on 30 Oct 2019 has 14 points
MacFarlane on 13 Nov 2019 has 16 points
further out
Janke on 18 Jan 20 has 18 points
B. Isackson on 21 May 20 has 21 points
D. Isackson on 21 May 20 has 18 points
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - martyup - 10-03-2019
What do the points represent? Where is Lori Loughlin?
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 10-03-2019
(10-03-2019, 12:54 PM)martyup Wrote: What do the points represent? Where is Lori Loughlin?
you can only see the points for published plea agreements
they are linked at the bottom of this page
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme
as an example for Felicity Huffman
Quote:Sentencing Guidelines The United States Attorney agrees, based on the following calculations, that Defendant's total "offense level" under the Guidelines is 9:
a) Defendant's base offense level is 7, because Defendant is pleading guilty to an offense of conviction that has a statutory maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years or more (USSG § 2B1.1(a)(1));
b) Defendant's offense level is increased by 4, because the gain or loss from the offense of conviction is more than $15,000 but not more than $40,000 (USSG § 2B1.1(b)(1)©); and
c) Defendant's offense level is decreased by 2, because Defendant has accepted responsibility for her crime (USSG §3E1.1(a)).
and Stephen Semprevivo
Quote:Sentencing Guidelines The parties ,agree. based on the following calculations, that Defendant's total - offense level" under the Guidelines is 16:
a) Defendant's base offense level is 7, because Defendant is pleading guilty to an offense of conviction that has a statutory maximum term of imprisonment of20 years or more (USSG § 2131.1(01));
b) Defendant's offense level is increased by 12, because the gain or loss from the offense of conviction is more than $250,000 but not more than $550,000 (USSG § 2B1.1(b)(1)(G)); and
c) Defendant's offense level is decreased by 3, because Defendant has accepted responsibility for his crime (USSG §3E1.1).
the main differences in the agreements I looked at are in
b) has different dollar ranges for how many points you get, a higher dollar range gets you more points
c) some people got a 2 point reduction and some a 3 point reduction (no idea why)
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 10-04-2019
Quote:Anticipating that other parents scheduled for sentencing in the weeks ahead might follow Mr. Semprevivo’s lead and hire similar consultants, Judge Talwani warned: “I maybe should say to you, before I get nine more of these: I don’t feel I need an expert report from a criminologist to tell me how to rule here, particularly where it’s the same criminologist that’s going to be probably presenting for everybody in L.A.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/college-admissions-scandal-consultants.html
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 10-04-2019
Quote:
Agustin Huneeus Jr. was sentenced Friday to five months in prison for paying to rig his daughter’s school entrance exam and trying to sneak her into USC as a bogus athlete.
...
Along with incarceration, Talwani ordered Huneeus to pay a $100,000 fine and serve 500 hours of community service.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-04/napa-valley-vintner-agustin-huneeus-jr-sentenced-in-college-admissions-scandal
the scoreboard
- Huffman with 9 points, got 14 days
- Caplan with 11 points, got 1 month
- Sloane with 14 points, got 4 months
- Semprevivo with 16 points, got 4 months
- Huneeus with 16 points, got 5 months (note he is the first one sentenced who was involved in both the test cheating and bribery aspects of the case)
coming soon (at least the ones with plea agreements here https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investig...ery-scheme , there are a few others with sentencing dates but no agreements)
G. Abbot on 08 Oct 2019 has 13 points
M. Abbot on 08 Oct 2019 has 13 points
Sartorio on 11 Oct 2019 has 7 points
Klapper on 16 Oct 2019 has 9 points
Flaxman on 18 Oct 2019 has 11 points
Buckingham on 23 Oct 2019 has 11 points
Center on 30 Oct 2019 has 14 points
MacFarlane on 13 Nov 2019 has 16 points
further out
Janke on 18 Jan 20 has 18 points
B. Isackson on 21 May 20 has 21 points
D. Isackson on 21 May 20 has 18 points
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - 82lsju - 10-08-2019
Quote:Gregory Abbott and Marcia Abbott
....
were sentenced Tuesday to one month in prison each for conspiring to fix their daughter’s college entrance exams
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-08/college-admissions-scandal-abbott-sentencing
the scoreboard
- Huffman with 9 points, got 14 days
- Caplan with 11 points, got 1 month
- G. Abbot with 13 points, got 1 month
- M. Abbot with 13 points, got 1 month
- Sloane with 14 points, got 4 months
- Semprevivo with 16 points, got 4 months
- Huneeus with 16 points, got 5 months (note he is the first one sentenced who was involved in both the test cheating and bribery aspects of the case)
coming soon (at least the ones with plea agreements here https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme , there are a few others with sentencing dates but no agreements)
Sartorio on 11 Oct 2019 has 7 points
Klapper on 16 Oct 2019 has 9 points
Flaxman on 18 Oct 2019 has 11 points
Buckingham on 23 Oct 2019 has 11 points
Center on 30 Oct 2019 has 14 points
MacFarlane on 13 Nov 2019 has 16 points
further out
Janke on 18 Jan 20 has 18 points
B. Isackson on 21 May 20 has 21 points
D. Isackson on 21 May 20 has 18 points
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - cardcrimson - 10-09-2019
Very long, somewhat interesting article on the impact of the scandal on a kid who didn't get a scholarship. The stunner was the tidbit that Don Kennedy, Ted Mitchell, and Fred Hargadon all served on Singer's board of advisors. That's some Stanford connection. . . .
https://www.propublica.org/article/an-unseen-victim-of-the-college-admissions-scandal-the-high-school-tennis-champion-aced-out-by-a-billionaires-family
RE: Alleged large-scale test-cheating ring to get athletes into Stanford, other schools - washingtonismoney - 10-09-2019
(10-09-2019, 07:52 AM)cardcrimson Wrote: Very long, somewhat interesting article on the impact of the scandal on a kid who didn't get a scholarship. The stunner was the tidbit that Don Kennedy, Ted Mitchell, and Fred Hargadon all served on Singer's board of advisors. That's some Stanford connection. . . .
https://www.propublica.org/article/an-unseen-victim-of-the-college-admissions-scandal-the-high-school-tennis-champion-aced-out-by-a-billionaires-family
While it's a well reported story, one asterisk -- I do find it a bit hard to believe a 5'11" guy is a top, top tennis prospect unless the rest of his game is amazing. (Which the description of his tools -- strong forehand + serve; weak backhand -- does not suggest.) Anyway, that's mostly me being persnicketty.