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[quote=Anonymous]"A former Georgetown University tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama's family was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids' way into the school.

The sentence for Gordon Ernst is by far the toughest punishment handed down so far in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal that shined a light on the lengths some rich parents will go to get their kids into the nation's most selective schools.

Prosecutors had sought four years behind bars for Ernst, 55, who admitted to accepting nearly $3.5 million in bribes over a decade to designate the children of deep-pocketed parents as recruits even though they weren't Georgetown-caliber players.

Ernst told the judge in Boston's federal court that he lost his moral compass and acted out of line with what he taught his own players about making the right choices."

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-07-01/ex-georgetown-coach-gets-2-1-2-years-in-bribe-scandal[/quote]

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