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Chinese Mother Sentenced in College Admissions Scandal

VOA Student Union

   A Chinese woman who lives in Canada was sentenced Tuesday for bribing a
   fixer to get her son admitted to the University of California at Los
   Angeles (UCLA) as a soccer recruit.

   Xiaoning Sui, 48, of Surrey, British Columbia, was sentenced to five
   months' time served during a videoconference hearing before U.S.
   District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock.

   She was ordered to pay a fine of $250,000 in addition to forfeiting the
   $400,000 she paid to admissions counselor William "Rick" Singer of
   California to gain her son entry to UCLA, according to the U.S.
   Department of Justice.

   Sui is among dozens of rich and famous parents who are accused of
   buying their children entrance to some of the best universities in the
   U.S. The U.S. Department of Justice conducted a multilevel, yearslong
   investigation they dubbed Operation Varsity Blues.

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