Posted on 07/16/2020 12:38:10 PM PDT by ransomnote
BOSTON – A California woman was sentenced today in connection with paying $9,000 to have an individual take online classes for her son, in order to earn credits to facilitate his graduation from Georgetown University.
Karen Littlefair, 57, of Newport Beach, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to five weeks in prison, two years of supervised release which includes 300 hours of community service, and a fine of $209,000. In January 2020, Littlefair pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Littlefair agreed with William “Rick” Singer and others to pay approximately $9,000 to have an employee of Singer’s for-profit college counseling business, The Edge College & Career Network (“The Key”), take online classes in place of Littlefair’s son and submit those fraudulently earned credits to Georgetown to facilitate his graduation. The Key employee allegedly completed four classes for Littlefair’s son at Georgetown and elsewhere, and in exchange, Littlefair paid Singer’s company approximately $9,000. Littlefair’s son graduated from Georgetown, using the credits earned by the Key employee, in May 2018.
Singer previously pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the government’s investigation.
Case information, including the status of each defendant, charging documents and plea agreements are available here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division; and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eric S. Rosen, Justin D. O’Connell, Leslie A. Wright, Kristen A. Kearney, Karin M. Bell and Stephen E. Frank of Lelling’s Criminal Division are prosecuting the case.
The details contained in the court documents are allegations. The remaining defendants are presumed not guilty unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Annnd she has the perfect name for what she tried to do.
Was the son charged criminally? Seems to me that he had a role in this as well.
“Littlefair agreed with William “Rick” Singer and others to pay approximately $9,000 to have an employee of Singer’s for-profit college counseling business, The Edge College & Career Network (“The Key”), take online classes in place of Littlefair’s son and submit those fraudulently earned credits to Georgetown to facilitate his graduation.”
So I take it Singer has never EVER done this before? I don’t think the Feds should be done with this guy.
Seriously? She’s going to jail for this?
But I am supposed to believe all the football and basketball players that can barely put 2 sentences together graduated high school and college all by themselves.
Now with the covid. Everyone is online . A degree means crap these days.
My BARCH degree was brutal.
350 freshmen. 18 graduated. I was number 3. Eat that Joe Biden.
Mail in voting will destroy this country just like online schools.
Good job...ransomnote
A plus for timely reporting.
Another Slow Joe Biden supporter reports to jail.
The price you pay for acceptance of gov’t sponsored student loans. The gov’t should have never gotten involved in student loans ..... when they did the gov’t had their access into colleges and universities. Many private colleges and universities don’t accept or process gov’t student loans.
Agree. Paying someone $50 to take your test has been a fact of life since forever. Are we to believe that, if given the right conditions, it rises to the level of a federal crime? There’s apparently way to many federal prosecutors and investigators.
Univ should just withdraw the darn diploma and be done with it.
“Seriously? She’s going to jail for this?
But I am supposed to believe all the football and basketball players that can barely put 2 sentences together graduated high school and college all by themselves.”
___________
Because she’s white, yeah yeah yeah.....
And ‘cuz she’s rich, yeah yeah yeah.....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.