The former CEO of a California-based media company was sentenced Thursday by Boston U.S. District Court to six weeks in prison in connection with her involvement in the Varsity Blues University admissions case, reported the authorities announced.
Elisabeth Kimmel, 56, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and electronic fraud and was also sentenced to two years of supervised release with one year of house arrest, a $ 250,000 fine and 500 hours of community service. , according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
She is the 29th parent convicted in this case.
Kimmel agreed with William “Rick” Singer, who confessed to his role in the scheme, and others that she would pay $ 275,000 to have her daughter admitted to Georgetown University as a tennis player. , although she was not a competitive player and was not drafted for the Georgetown team, the statement said.
Kimmel also agreed to pay $ 250,000 for his son’s admission to the University of Southern California as a pole vault rookie, although the teenager is not a pole vaulter, said prosecutors.
Georgetown singer and tennis coach Gordon Ernst, who has agreed to allocate a tennis admission slot to Kimmel’s daughter, has pleaded guilty in the case and is awaiting sentencing, the statement said.
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