Because she wanted to help her son with fraudulent funds to a University degree, has been sentenced a California woman to five weeks in prison. After the son of the 57-had Years to get to Georgetown University in a warning for unsatisfactory academic performance, paid the wife of a third Person 9000 dollars (7900 Euro), so this would complete in his name, four Online courses, and of the son, to 2018, its financial statements could make.
As one of the courses with a grade of “satisfactory” has a rating, called the estate of the wife for a price. In court, she asked for Clemency and said that they regret their actions. “I acted out of love for my son, but in the end I hurt him very much,” she said. Because of the Corona pandemic, she appeared in a Video Unlock before the court. The woman from Newport Beach, had known in January in the case guilty.
The American district judge Allison Burroughs said, the woman had taught her son, “that it’s okay to cheat, that it’s okay to take shortcuts”. The son had to learn that you can make an effort and things should work. “Unfortunately, he learns this the hard way,” said the judge.
The judgment is part of the high school scandal, in which more than 50 people, even celebrities like former Football player David Sidoo, as well as actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli were indicted, including. Affected Elite universities in the entire United States. According to the authorities, the parents worked together with a in the centre of the fraud, the enrollment Advisor to let their children pass exams or to give you by using fake sporting achievements access to certain universities.