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Los Angeles Executive To Be Sentenced In College Admissions Scandal

The University Village area of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 12, 2019.
Associated Press
The University Village area of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

A Los Angeles business executive is returning to court to be sentenced for his role in the college admissions scandal.

Fifty-three-year-old Devin Sloane is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday after pleading guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy.

He has admitted to paying $250,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California as a fake athlete.

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Prosecutors are requesting a year and a day in prison and a $75,000 fine. His lawyers recommend three years of supervised release, a fine and 2,000 hours of community service.

Authorities say Sloane helped fabricate documents portraying his son as a water polo star even though he had never played the sport.

Sloane says he wanted to help his son but "failed miserably" by going too far.

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