Title insurance executive Toby MacFarlane leaves the federal courthouse after being sentenced in connection with a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme in Boston, Mass., on Nov. 13, 2019. Katherine Taylor/Reuters
A parent indicted in the nationwide college bribery scandal was sentenced to six months in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a court so far in the scheme.
Toby MacFarlane, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud earlier this year.