ADUnder what a public information officer for the Bureau of Prisons described as “ordinary procedure,” Huffman was released before the weekend. Huffman, an award-winning actress who starred in the hit television series “Desperate Housewives,” was the first parent to be sentenced. Nine others have received prison sentences, with terms lasting as long as five months. According to an investigator’s affidavit filed in federal court in Boston, Huffman paid $15,000 to a sham charity controlled by disgraced consultant William “Rick” Singer in exchange for help obtaining the fraudulent SAT score. The test was proctored by a testing expert whom Singer frequently paid, investigators said, to facilitate cheating by surreptitiously correcting answers or otherwise helping students during the exam.

Source: Washington Post October 25, 2019 16:41 UTC