Chinese Mom Sentenced for Bribery After Paying $400,000 to Get Son Into UCLA

Students participate in an activity near Royce Hall on the campus of the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 11, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

A woman who paid $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles as a fake soccer recruit was sentenced for bribery.

Xiaoning Sui, 48, was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for bribing her son’s way into UCLA, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said Monday in a statement. She was also sentenced to time served for the five months she spent in a Spanish prison.