Rick Singer, College Admissions Scandal Mastermind, Receives Prison Sentencing

Rick Singer is going to prison.

The 62-year-old founder of the Edge College & Career Network and mastermind behind the nationwide college admissions scandal, which involved dozens of celebrities and high-profile individuals who used their status to buy their kids’ way into colleges around the country, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Wednesday (January 4), via AP.

He began secretly working with investigators in 2018 and recorded hundreds of phone calls and meetings that helped authorities build the case against parents and coaches arrested in March of 2019.

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Lori Loughlin, husband Mossimo Giannulli and Felicity Huffman were among those who got caught in the scandal.

“It was a scheme that was breathtaking in its scale and its audacity. It has literally become the stuff of books and made-for-TV movies,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Frank told the judge.

“My moral compass was warped by the lessons my father taught me about competition. I embraced his belief that embellishing or even lying to win was acceptable as long as there was victory. I should have known better,” Rick Singer said.

He pled guilty in 2019 to charges including racketeering conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.

One star recently spoke out in defense of Lori Loughlin following the scandal.