The Varsity Blues Mastermind Got Prison Time for His White Collar Crime. Does That Mean the System is Fair?
<p>The Varsity Blues scandal is in the news again, this time after its mastermind-turned-FBI informant, Rick Singer, was sentenced following a plea deal. The scandal first captured public attention when Lori Loughlin, the actress best known for her role as Aunt Becky on Full House, along with Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman and a cadre of lesser-known country-club types, were charged in 2019 with paying a college “admissions consultant” to, as the Associated Press generously <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fashion-design-college-admissions-mossimo-giannulli-lori-loughlin-us-news-c7764270a4a670df6a462a801915007b" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">called it</a>, “correct” their children’s SAT answers. The “consultant” — Singer — will serve three and a half years in federal prison. Most of the new stories about Singer’s sentencing are <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/us/william-rick-singer-sentencing-college-admissions-scandal/index.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">practically giddy</a> about how his is the “longest sentence in a case that has rattled America’s higher education system.”</p>
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