Who is her lawyer? Unless she really has a viable defense (which hasn’t been reported), she should have taken the deal.
They were going for a minimum of two years with Loughlin and her husband. Maybe the criminals are in denial.
Now they can’t get the two years.
I guess they go to trial.
She was out in front of the court house signing autographs the other day... She does not grasp the depth of trouble she is in. I think she will soon!
Maybe they're gambling on getting at least one jury member who's a fan of the show.
......according to a copy of her proposed plea agreement posted on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of prison time “at the low end” of the federal sentencing guidelines range (months instead of a maximum of 20 years), a fine of $20,000, a year of supervised release, and restitution in an amount to be determined by the sentencing judge.
The agreement stipulates that Huffman will argue for less prison time under the sentencing guidelines. But the judge will have the final say on sentence and Huffman may not withdraw her guilty plea if she disagrees with how the judge calculates the guidelines or the sentence imposed.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, the mail fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, plus three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or more.
The charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $500,000 or more. The charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
A total of 50 people, including Huffman, were arrested last month and charged with conspiring with William “Rick” Singer, 58, of Newport Beach, California, and others, to bribe college officials and coaches and pay test monitors to falsely inflate their children’s college entrance exam scores to secure their admission, some as purported athletes.
Several parents and other alleged participants in the wide-ranging scheme pleaded guilty and are cooperating with authorities.
Huffman, Loughlin and Giannulli made their first appearances in federal court in Boston last week charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
......according to a copy of her proposed plea agreement posted on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of prison time “at the low end” of the federal sentencing guidelines range (months instead of a maximum of 20 years), a fine of $20,000, a year of supervised release, and restitution in an amount to be determined by the sentencing judge.
The agreement stipulates that Huffman will argue for less prison time under the sentencing guidelines. But the judge will have the final say on sentence and Huffman may not withdraw her guilty plea if she disagrees with how the judge calculates the guidelines or the sentence imposed.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, the mail fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, plus three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or more.
The charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $500,000 or more. The charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
A total of 50 people, including Huffman, were arrested last month and charged with conspiring with William “Rick” Singer, 58, of Newport Beach, California, and others, to bribe college officials and coaches and pay test monitors to falsely inflate their children’s college entrance exam scores to secure their admission, some as purported athletes.
Several parents and other alleged participants in the wide-ranging scheme pleaded guilty and are cooperating with authorities.
Huffman, Loughlin and Giannulli made their first appearances in federal court in Boston last week charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
“Unless she really has a viable defense (which hasn’t been reported), she should have taken the deal.”
IANAL (though I do reasonable amounts of work with lawyers) If her atty ignored the threat (tacit though it may have been up until today) of her being (additionally) charged under money laundering laws for concealing these payments as charitable contributions, that is one hellaciously serious COA for malpractice. That is big smelly malpractice and he will lose that case if she brings it. This may have been a greasy trap the prosecutor(s) laid but it’s legit and will be one crazy heavy hammer.