College Admissions Scandal Ringleader Rick Singer, Sentenced To 42 Months

The mastermind and designer behind the college admissions scandal is going to wind up like Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman … by hanging around behind bars.

Rick Singer was sentenced to 42 months — 3.5 years — in federal jail for his function in the Varsity Blues scandal.

Remember … the feds state Singer was the designer of a huge, decades-long deceptive plan to get high school trainees into elite institution of higher learnings throughout the nation … consisting of the children of superstars like Lori and Felicity.

TMZ broke the story … district attorneys were promoting Singer to get 6 years behind bars, arguing he benefited from the plan more than anybody and for that reason was worthy of a a lot longer sentence than the moms and dads, college coaches and others got.

Singer’s attorneys, on the other hand, requested for an optimum of 6 months in the huge home.

It’s worth keeping in mind … more than 50 moms and dads, coaches and partners of Singer’s got sentences varying from 30 months in jail to simply probation. Lori was sentenced to 2 months behind bars, while Felicity got 2 weeks.

Singer was at first looking down an optimal sentence of 65 years behind bars … however he wound up complying with the feds and was the crucial to founding guilty the moms and dads and coaches. Prosecutors state Singer used a wire at the federal government’s instructions to nail the targets, and likewise made numerous tape-recorded calls.