In Gorton’s first sentencing in the case, he delivered a withering dressing-down and a penalty to match. Macfarlane’s conduct — paying Singer $450,000 to slip his son and daughter into USC as phony athletes — was “devastating,” Gorton said. Those parents’ attorneys have said they didn’t know where the money was going when they made six-figure payments to Singer or his sham charity. The probation department, which gives Gorton a report before sentencing, concluded that Macfarlane’s victim, USC, suffered no monetary loss. The fraud perpetrated by Macfarlane, Singer and their co-defendants has also forced USC to fund costly investigations and hurt the school’s reputation, Rosen said.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 18, 2019 10:52 UTC