An heiress to the Hot Pockets fortune is facing nearly two years in prison after she confessed to hiring Rick Singer, the consultant who masterminded the college cheating scam
Michelle Janavs Photo: Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/Boston Globe via Getty Images Nearly a year after news first broke of the college admissions scandal — in which dozens of wealthy parents , exam administrators, and athletics coaches were charged in connection with a scheme to buy kids’ way into top colleges — an heiress to the Hot Pockets fortune is still keeping the controversy fresh.
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that Michelle Janavs, whose family engineered the unassuming yet ubiquitous microwavable snack known as Hot Pockets , is facing nearly two years in prison after she confessed to hiring Rick Singer, the consultant who masterminded the cheating operation. Janavs paid Singer $100,000 to have an exam proctor correct her daughter’s ACT test after the fact.
In court documents, prosecutors characterized Janavs as one of the “most culpable parents” charged in the investigation, pointing out that she didn’t own up to her role in the scandal until months after she was arrested. Janavs will be sentenced in a court in Boston on Tuesday; prosecutors have recommended a prison sentence of 21 months.
Janavs’s lawyers maintain that their client was manipulated by Singer’s charming sales pitch, and argue that she shouldn’t be sentenced to prison time because she’s already been punished enough. In court documents, her lawyers wrote, “The fallout from Michelle’s actions stand as a beacon to others that illegal shortcuts are a recipe for disaster, regardless of the punishment the court imposes on Michelle.” Indeed.
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