Hot Pockets heiress reportedly sentenced to 5 months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine over her role in the college-admissions scandal
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- Michelle Janavs, whose family created the Hot Pockets brand of frozen calzones, was sentenced to five months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine on Tuesday in the college-admissions scandal, according to a report from Reuters.
- Janavs paid $300,000 to get her daughter admitted to the University of Southern California, according to the Department of Justice.
- The Hot Pockets heiress is the latest in a line of wealthy parents to be charged and sentenced in the scandal, which led to jail time for the actress Felicity Huffman.
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Hot Pockets heiress Michelle Janavs, whose family created the popular brand of frozen snacks, was sentenced to five months in prison on Tuesday in federal court in Boston for her role in the college-admissions scandal, according to a report from Reuters.
The judge also ordered Janavs to pay a $250,000 fine and rejected her request for probation, the report said. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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