Fashion Designer Paid $500,000 For Daughters' College Admission, Jailed

Saturday, 22 August 2020Newsdesk

Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli was sentenced Friday to five months in federal prison for fraud conspiracy in one of the most closely watched cases in the college admissions bribery scandal. His wife, actress Lori Loughlin, who has also pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday afternoon before the same federal judge.

New Delhi, 22 August 2020

As per news report of NDTV, the couple admitted in May to paying $500,000 to help their two daughters secure admission to the University of Southern California through the ruse of posing as recruits to the USC crew team, even though the daughters were not rowers. Loughlin and Giannulli are among the best-known parents caught in the investigation known as Operation Varsity Blues. In March 2019, federal prosecutors announced charges against them and others in connection with a corrupt college admissions counselor named William "Rick" Singer. He has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and other crimes and is cooperating in the investigation.

Source -NDTV