The mastermind of a massive college admissions scandal, William “Rick” Singer, was sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison on Dec. 4 for charges of racketeering and money laundering conspiracy; marking the largest sentence to be handed down as part of the 2019 bribery scandal that plagued some of America’s most prestigious universities.
In addition to time behind bars, Singer, 62, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service by Judge Rya Zobel. That is for his failure to pay taxes on the proceeds of his illegal scheme, according to the judge.
