BOSTON—Federal prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence the mastermind of the largest U.S. college admissions fraud scheme ever uncovered to six years in prison after he helped them secure the convictions of dozens of wealthy parents including Hollywood celebrities.
Prosecutors made the recommendation a week before William “Rick” Singer, the college admissions consultant at the center of the “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation, goes before a judge for sentencing after pleading guilty in 2019.
