Mother Sentenced to 7 Months in College Admissions Scam

Mother Sentenced to 7 Months in College Admissions Scam
Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez arrive at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal, in Boston on April 3, 2019. Steven Senne/AP Photo/ File
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A California woman was sentenced on March 31 to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters’ college admissions exams and get one of them into Georgetown University as a fake tennis recruit.

In an unusual hearing held via videoconference due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, the judge rejected Elizabeth Henriquez’s bid to avoid prison because of the public health crisis but is allowing her to remain free until at least June 30 in the hopes that the outbreak will have diminished by then.