Hot Pockets Heir Gets 5 Months in Prison for College Scam

Hot Pockets Heir Gets 5 Months in Prison for College Scam
Michelle Janavs arrives at federal court, on Feb. 25, 2020, in Boston, for sentencing in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Elise Amendola/AP Photo
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BOSTON—An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for trying to cheat and bribe her daughters’ way into school as part of a nationwide college admissions scam.

Michelle Janavs, whose father and uncle invented the microwaveable Hot Pockets turnovers before selling their company, showed no emotion as the judge delivered his sentence after she apologized for abandoning her moral compass and hurting her family and friends.