Ex-financier gets 9 months in college admissions scandal The former CEO of a top investment company has received the harshest sentence of any of the parents caught up in the college admissions bribery scandalBOSTON -- Douglas Hodge, the former CEO of a top investment company, received the harshest sentence Friday of any of the parents caught up in the college admissions bribery scandal. He had first pleaded not guilty but in October changed his plea to guilty to charges of conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering. A total of 20 parents have pleaded guilty, and 14 have now been sentenced including “Desperate Housewives" actress Felicity Huffman. Another 15 are contesting the charges, including “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli. William “Rick" Singer, the purported mastermind of the scheme, has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and other charges.

Source: ABC News February 07, 2020 21:14 UTC