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Eugene

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Fri Jan 6, 2023, 07:11 PM Jan 2023

Ex-Southern Cal official gets 6 months in college bribe case

Source: Associated Press

Ex-Southern Cal official gets 6 months in college bribe case

January 6, 2023

BOSTON (AP) — A former University of Southern California athletics department official who accepted bribes from the ringleader of a nationwide college admissions scandal to help get often unqualified students into the school as sports recruits was sentenced Friday to six months in prison.

Donna Heinel was also sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston to two years of probation and was ordered to forfeit the $160,000 she gained from the scheme.

Her sentencing came just two days after ringleader Rick Singer was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison, by far the longest sentence in the so-called Operation Varsity Blues scandal that has led to convictions or guilty pleas from more than 50 people, including Hollywood actors and wealthy businesspeople.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/sports-college-boston-business-82df19a349553fa03ee5cc5fe6eff09f

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