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Napa Valley winemaker sentenced to 5 months in college admissions scandal

Agustin Huneeus Jr., a prominent Napa Valley winemaker until his arrest in the college admissions scandal, was sentenced Friday to five months in prison for paying to rig his daughter's school entrance exam and trying to sneak her into the University of Southern California as a bogus athlete.

The sentence is the latest handed down against a slew of wealthy, influential parents who opted to plead guilty to charges that they conspired with William "Rick" Singer, a college admissions consultant at the center of the scam, to fabricate test scores and bypass the admissions process at elite schools. Singer, too, has pleaded guilty to several felonies and is cooperating with prosecutors in their cases against his alleged accomplices. He awaits sentencing.

With her decision, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani dealt more harshly with Huneeus than she did with

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