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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHot Pockets heiress faces sentencing in U.S. college admissions scandal
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-cheating-idUSKBN20J1K5
Michelle Janavs, former executive of a large food manufacturer, leaves the federal courthouse after entering a plea in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 / 7:39 AM / UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO
Nate Raymond
BOSTON (Reuters) - A California woman whose familys company created the microwavable snack Hot Pockets faces sentencing on Tuesday for paying $300,000 to people who helped her two daughters cheat on college entrance exams and helped one win admission to the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit.
Michelle Janavs is set to appear in Boston federal court after admitting to taking part in a vast U.S. college admissions cheating and fraud scheme to help her daughters gain an unfair advantage.
Prosecutors are seeking 21 months in prison for Janavs, who pleaded guilty in October. Her lawyers argue Janavs deserves probation.
She is among 53 people charged with participating in a scheme in which wealthy parents conspired with a California college admissions consultant to use bribery and other forms of fraud to secure the admission of their children to top schools.
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Michelle Janavs, former executive of a large food manufacturer, leaves the federal courthouse after entering a plea in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
FEBRUARY 25, 2020 / 7:39 AM / UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO
Nate Raymond
BOSTON (Reuters) - A California woman whose familys company created the microwavable snack Hot Pockets faces sentencing on Tuesday for paying $300,000 to people who helped her two daughters cheat on college entrance exams and helped one win admission to the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit.
Michelle Janavs is set to appear in Boston federal court after admitting to taking part in a vast U.S. college admissions cheating and fraud scheme to help her daughters gain an unfair advantage.
Prosecutors are seeking 21 months in prison for Janavs, who pleaded guilty in October. Her lawyers argue Janavs deserves probation.
She is among 53 people charged with participating in a scheme in which wealthy parents conspired with a California college admissions consultant to use bribery and other forms of fraud to secure the admission of their children to top schools.
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Hot Pockets heiress faces sentencing in U.S. college admissions scandal (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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ploppy
(2,162 posts)1. My favorite headline ever!
jayfish
(10,039 posts)2. 21 Months For Trying To Make Your Kids Compentent Enough To Manage Their Inheritence.
40 months for being a traitor.
It's more than time to return a sense of perspective to America.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)3. Yeah, but is she the heir to the O'Henry Bar fortune?
That's where the real money is.
Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)4. That song
I've made up my own words for the Hot Pocket song and sing it every time me and my wife see them at the grocery store.
"What do you call a food that's not very good but you eat it anyway? ..... Hot Pockets!"
superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)5. Not one day in jail
Is what the result will be. Mark it.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)6. ...
benld74
(9,909 posts)7. Jaaaa-naa-vs
llmart
(15,552 posts)8. Who knew there was a "hot pockets heiress"?
Why does Jim Gaffigan come to mind?
progressoid
(49,998 posts)10. Caliente Pocket!
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)11. I thought the same thing. 😂
Raftergirl
(1,292 posts)9. 5 months
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)13. She'll do 3 1/2 w/ good behavior.
Hope they have a microwave there.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)12. Paid $300,000 to people...
...to help daughters cheat on entrance exams. Seems to me that that much money would pay for a lot of tutors. Or ONE very good one.