William "Rick" Singer, the mastermind of the sprawling US college admissions scam aptly known as Operation Varsity Blues, has been sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison, nearly four years after the scandal was publicly exposed.Singer was the central figure in the scam in which wealthy parents, desperate to get their children into elite universities, paid huge sums to cheat on standardised tests, bribe university coaches who had influence over admissions and then lie about it to authorities.Singer had pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the US and obstruction of justice, and he agreed to cooperate with the government's investigation.
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