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ampvideo_youtubeLos Angeles Times1 hour ago
In choosing to incarcerate Gregory and Marcia Abbott for a month, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani stopped short of the eight-month penalty prosecutors had requested. But she also wasnt swayed by appeals from the Abbotts and their attorneys to spare the couple prison altogether.
Marcia Abbott said she was introduced to Singer through a friend who, aware of her familys fraught circumstances, recommended Singer as an expert who did much of his college counseling in exchange for donations to a charity for underserved schools and youth programs.
00, Gregory Abbott pursued a career as a theater producer and novelist, according to a notice in the New York Times commemorating his marriage to Marcia Meighan in 1987. Marcia Abbott, the daughter of a former New York state senator, worked as a magazine editor and freelance writer, the notice says.
Delighted with the score Riddell had fraudulently obtained for their daughter, they asked Singer six months later to fix her SAT subject tests as well, Rosen said, with Marcia Abbott telling Singer a score of 750 or higher out of 800 would be fabulous.
A month later, however, Marcia Abbott was scared, Rosen said in the memo. The College Board hadnt released the scores. Worried the scam was coming apart, she contacted the College Board and spoke with a customer service rep, who memorialized the call.