[82lsju]

Labeling him the architect and mastermind of a criminal conspiracy that “massively corrupted the integrity of the college admissions process,” federal prosecutors recommended in court documents filed this week that William Rick Singer, the college admissions consultant at the center of Operation Varsity Blues, serve six years in prison.

But lawyers for Mr. Singer asked for a maximum of six months in prison and filed a “statement of responsibility and relapse prevention plan” signed by Mr. Singer. In the document, also filed this week with the U.S. District Court in Boston, Mr. Singer expressed remorse. “I have woken up every day feeling shame, remorse and regret,” he wrote.

Mr. Singer, 62, is scheduled to be sentenced next week in the admissions scandal that ensnared more than 50 parents, exam proctors and coaches in a scheme that used payoffs to secure college acceptance for students with fabricated high school resumes, including enhanced athletic records and SAT scores.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/ri...?smtyp=cur

[82lsju]

Labeling him the architect and mastermind of a criminal conspiracy that “massively corrupted the integrity of the college admissions process,” federal prosecutors recommended in court documents filed this week that William Rick Singer, the college admissions consultant at the center of Operation Varsity Blues, serve six years in prison.

But lawyers for Mr. Singer asked for a maximum of six months in prison and filed a “statement of responsibility and relapse prevention plan” signed by Mr. Singer. In the document, also filed this week with the U.S. District Court in Boston, Mr. Singer expressed remorse. “I have woken up every day feeling shame, remorse and regret,” he wrote.

Mr. Singer, 62, is scheduled to be sentenced next week in the admissions scandal that ensnared more than 50 parents, exam proctors and coaches in a scheme that used payoffs to secure college acceptance for students with fabricated high school resumes, including enhanced athletic records and SAT scores.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/ri...?smtyp=cur

[Mick]

Singer's sentence handed down today.  Three and a half years in prison, $10.6 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Rick Singer had pled guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Prosecutors wanted six years. Singer's lawyers wanted a year of home confinement or at most six months behind bars.

Singer's cooperation led to the convictions of more than 50 coaches, parents and associates. Their sentences ranged from probation to 30 months in prison. Most prosecutors, in those cases, elected not to call him to testify, given his questionable credibility.

[Mick]

Singer's sentence handed down today.  Three and a half years in prison, $10.6 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Rick Singer had pled guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Prosecutors wanted six years. Singer's lawyers wanted a year of home confinement or at most six months behind bars.

Singer's cooperation led to the convictions of more than 50 coaches, parents and associates. Their sentences ranged from probation to 30 months in prison. Most prosecutors, in those cases, elected not to call him to testify, given his questionable credibility.