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Admissions scandal parent sentenced to nine months in prison

Hodge pleaded guilty in October on two counts - money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud.

USC parent Douglas Hodge pleads guilty in a nationwide college admission scheme. (Photo by Ling Luo)

Former investment firm CEO Douglas Hodge gets 9 months in prison for paying to get four of his seven children into elite colleges. It is the heaviest sentence in the Varsity Blues scandal to date.