04-10-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com

Former vineyard owner gets 5 months in college bribery case

The former owner of a California wine business was sentenced Friday to five months in prison for paying $50,000 to rig his daughter's ACT score and for trying to bribe her way into the University of Southern California as a fake water polo recruit.Agustin Huneeus, 53, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty in May to fraud and conspiracy in a deal with prosecutors.Huneeus is among few parents accused of pursuing both angles of the scam: Most either cheated on their children's college entrance exams or
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