A former non-public college director in West Hollywood is the newest individual sentenced within the “Varsity Blues” faculty admissions scandal that ensnared Hollywood stars and enterprise leaders alike.
U.S District Court Judge Indira Talwani on Tuesday sentenced Igor Dvorskiy, 56, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., to 1 yr of supervised launch — together with three months of dwelling detention — and ordered him to forfeit $149,540 at federal courtroom in Boston.
Dvorskiy pleaded responsible to conspiracy to commit racketeering in November 2019. He labored with the federal government in its investigation into the scandal that noticed the likes of Full House star Lori Laughlin and Academy Award-nominated Felicity Huffman see jail time and massive fines.
Dvorskiy took bribes, normally $10,000 per pupil, as a way to physician their SAT and ACT exams at his non-public elementary and highschool, in keeping with the U.S. Attorney’s workplace for Massachusetts.
The rip-off would contain a co-conspirator, normally Mark Riddell, to be the proctor of the exams taken by shoppers of William “Rick” Singer — the principle power behind the school admissions scandal — however would then repair the solutions earlier than submitting the exams to the College Board for grading.
High scores on the ACT and SAT might assist college students get into higher faculties.
This is a growing story.
BOSTON, MA- MARCH 23, 2019: ‘Varsity Blues’ defendant, Gordon Ernst, 52 former head coach of the lads’s and girls’s tennis groups at Georgetown University till 2017 leaves federal courtroom on March 23, 2019 (Staff Photo By Faith Ninivaggi/Boston Herald/Media News Group)
Actress Lori Loughlin arrives at federal courtroom in Boston on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, for her Varsity Blues case. (AP file photograph.)
BOSTON, MA- NOVEMBER 15, 2019: Accompanied by his legal professionals, former head of a personal, elite tennis academy in Texas, Martin Fox (middle) arrives at Moakley Federal Courthouse to vary his plea to responsible within the faculty admissions scandal on November 15, 2019 (Staff Photo By Faith Ninivaggi/ Boston Herald/ Media News Group)
BOSTON, MA- MARCH 23, 2019: ‘Varsity Blues’ defendant William Ferguson, 48 (center) former Wake Forest University volleyball coach leaves federal courtroom on March 23, 2019 (Staff Photo By Faith Ninivaggi/Boston Herald/Media News Group)
BOSTON, MA – MAY 13: Actress Felicity Huffman walks into the Moakley Federal Courthouse the place she is anticipated to plead responsible to fees associated to the “Operation Varsity Blues” faculty admissions dishonest scandal on May 13, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Angela Rowlings/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
BOSTON, MA- MARCH 23, 2019: ‘Varsity Blues’ defendant, Jovan Vavic, 57 (center) former water polo coach on the University of Southern California leaves federal courtroom. March 23, 2019 (Staff Photo By Faith Ninivaggi/Boston Herald/Media News Group)
BOSTON, MA- MARCH 23, 2019: ‘Varsity Blues’ defendant William Ferguson, 48 (center) former Wake Forest University volleyball coach leaves federal courtroom on March 23, 2019 (Staff Photo By Faith Ninivaggi/Boston Herald/Media News Group)
BOSTON, MA- MARCH 23, 2019: ‘Varsity Blues’ defendant, Gordon Ernst, 52 (left) former head coach of the lads’s and girls’s tennis groups at Georgetown University till 2017 leaves federal courtroom on March 23, 2019 (Staff Photo By Faith Ninivaggi/Boston Herald/Media News Group)
BOSTON, MA- MARCH 23, 2019: ‘Varsity Blues’ defendant, Jovan Vavic, 57 former water polo coach on the University of Southern California arrives federal courtroom. March 23, 2019 (Staff Photo By Faith Ninivaggi/Boston Herald/Media News Group)
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