Gordon Caplan, a prominent New York attorney, was sentenced Thursday to one month in federal prison for paying $75,000 to have someone correct answers on his daughter’s ACT to inflate her score.
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Lori Loughlin, other parents in college admissions scandal face trial in 2020
The trials of Lori Loughlin and other parents who pleaded not guilty in the college admissions scandal will probably take place in 2020.
Former ACT/SAT test administrator flips, pleads guilty in college admissions scandal
Igor Dvorsiky, the director of a West Hollywood private school, agreed to plead guilty to racketeering charges in the college admissions scandal.
Deadly EEE: Parts of nation see worst outbreak of brain-swelling, mosquito virus in more than a half-century
Three people have died in Massachusetts; three in Michigan, two, in Connecticut and one in Rhode Island. Most of the deaths occurred in recent weeks.
LA exec gets 4 months in prison for paying $400K to get son into Georgetown as a fake tennis recruit
Prosecutors have singled out the $400,000 that Stephen Semprevivo paid as one of the largest bribes in the nationwide college admissions scandal
In Senate bid, Joe Kennedy wants to take on ‘broken system’ that let Trump win: ‘Far too urgent to wait’
Rep. Joe Kennedy sets up a showdown of two progressives, one that will likely be the nation’s most closely watched Senate primary fight of 2020.
What Felicity Huffman’s prison sentence means for other parents in college admissions scandal
Felicity Huffman’s 14-day prison sentence could set a benchmark in the sentencing of other parents in the college admissions scandal.
Felicity Huffman sentenced: 2 weeks in prison, $30,000 fine for college admissions scandal
Huffman is the first parent sentenced in the nation’s college admissions scandal. “Trying to be a good mother doesn’t excuse us,” said the judge.
College admissions scandal: Parents’ sentences at stake as judge presses prosecution
Prosecutors say universities and testing companies suffered losses in the college admissions scandal. It could determine whether parents go to prison.
Straight Pride Parade fallout: Boston DA wins fight over counter protester arrests
A Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judge sides with Boston’s DA in dispute with a city judge overdropping counter protesters’ charges.