Almost four years after the FBI swooped in on Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin and other well-heeled parents who tried to bribe their kids’ way into elite colleges, the man who masterminded the whole scheme today finally faced justice.
In federal court in Boston this afternoon, Rick Singer was sentenced to three and a half years behind bars and ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution to the IRS.
Having fallen far from his top tier school pathway perch to living in a Florida trailer park for seniors, 62-year old Singer was also ordered Wednesday by Judge Rya W.
Zobel to hand over a significant amount of personal assets. “I lost my ethical values and have so much to regret,” the once high-flying Key Worldwide Foundation boss said in a brief statement in court today. “To be frank, I am ashamed of myself.” Termed “Operation Varsity Blues” by the U.S.
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