A former head sailing coach at Stanford University avoided prison time today (June 12, 2019), when a judge at the federal courthouse in Boston sentenced him for his role in a sweeping college admissions scam at elite U.S. universities, according to the AP website.
John Vandemoer is the first person to be sentenced in the case that exposed the lengths that some wealthy parents will go to get their children into the nation's top schools.
Vandemoer, who lost his job at Stanford as a result of the admissions scandal, admitted to agreeing to help students get into the prestigious university as recruited athletes in exchange for money for his sailing program.
U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel sentenced Vandemoer to pay a $10,000 fine and serve two years of supervised release, including six months of home confinement with electronic monitoring.
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