BREAKING: Best-selling author sentenced for role in college admissions scandal

OCTOBER 23, 2019

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Author and CEO Jane Buckingham, writer of the parenting book “The Modern Girl’s Guide to Motherhood,” was sentenced to three weeks in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to paying a proctor $50,000 to take the ACT exam for her son in connection with the college admissions scandal, according to CNN.

Buckingham, the 11th parent to be sentenced in connection with the scheme, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy fraud. Prosecutors said she gave Rick Singer, the consultant at the center of the scheme, a sample of her son’s handwriting to provide to proctor Mark Riddell.

The article goes on to state the following:

Buckingham’s son scored a 35 out of 36, after which she wired $35,000 to a bank account connected with Singer’s dummy charity and said she would have her ex pay another $15,000, according to CNN. Prosecutors said she was arrested before she had a chance to conduct a similar operation for her daughter.

Buckingham’s lawyers said her “acceptance of responsibility was immediate after her arrest” and she “never tried to convince herself that her actions were legitimate.”

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