Crime & Safety
Man Gets 4 Months For Paying To Get Son Into Georgetown: Report
A Los Angeles business executive reportedly will get prison time for paying to get his son into Georgetown.
WASHINGTON, DC — Georgetown University has been swept up in the nationwide college admissions scandal due to a Los Angeles business executive who reportedly was sentenced to four months in prison this week for paying $400,000 to get his son into the prestigious D.C. school.
Stephen Semprevivo paid Rick Singer — the man at the center of the scandal that snared Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin — to get his son into Georgetown as a fake tennis recruit, according to a USA Today report, even though he was not a competitive player.
Thirty-three parents of college applicants have been accused of paying Singer more than $25 million combined to get them into prestigious schools across the country.
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In addition to the prison sentence, the judge ruled that Semprevivo must serve two years of supervised release, do 500 hours of community service, and pay a fine of $100,000, the report states.
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