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Recruit. this comes after two additional parents were there sentenced. you were there. robert flakman one month in prison, supervised, and a fine after pleading guilty for paying $75,000 to help boost his daughter's act score. and on wednesday, marjorie clapper, prison, and a $90,500 hine and clapper $15,000 to boost her son's act scores and falsely claimed he was a minority applicant. you've been covering this. and there are different things that people did here. some people did them all. they dressed their kids up as a water polo player and paid for increased act scores and then paid off col...

They talked about how this could displace another applicant that was a minority or parents didn't attend college. they are arguing that the efforts did not originate with her. upon information and belief, mrs. clapper believes the co-defendant, one of the associates made those decisions. clapper denies that she ever asked singer to imply that she or her husband had not been to college. there we have it. yet another defendant in in case sentenced to a period time behind bars. trace? >> trace: interesting felicity huffman got two weeks and marjorie got three weeks. that seems to be the sentencin...

Nonmandatory life without parole sentences. we just learned the punishment for the tenth defendant in the college admin scandal. marjorie clapper sentenced to three weeks behind bars. she admitted she paid $15,000 to rig her son's act exam. her lawyers say she regrets being involved in the scheme. molly lyon reporting outside the courthouse in boston. molly? >> reporter: this information just breaking now. marjorie clapper who was waiting to hear her fate. three years in prison and 250 hours of community service, a fine of $9,500. she is a california mom, the co-owner of a jewelry business. sh...

Facilitate cheating on her son's exam, she also worked with the mastermind of the scheme to lie about her son's race, ethnicity, and background. falsifying his origins. in the sentencing memorandum, prosecutors right she purposely sought to portray her son as a minority and the child of parents who did not attend college despite the fact that he was neither because she thought the lie would further bolster his college prospects. klapper's attorneys cast blame on singer. mrs. sacoolas or believes the codefendant rick singer made these changes by assessing the application. clapper denies she dir...

>> dana: coming out of boston, the ten person being sentence in the college admission scandal. this time it is a mom accused of paying big bucks to change her son's a.c.t. results. nine folks have been sentenced so far. this includes actors full city have been. molly line is following it from a federal courthouse in boston. now we have ten. >> that's right. the sentencing hearing for this coffer and your mom is underway. she will learn her fate, whether she will spend time in prison for her roll in this, the largest college admissions cheating scandal. her name is marjorie clapper, co-owner of...