NEW: Former Stanford sailing coach, first to be sentenced in college admissions scandal, gets one day in prison.
BOSTON — Stanford University's former sailing coach avoided significant prison time and was sentenced to just one day behind bars on Wednesday for his role in a massive college admissions scandal.
Vandemoer received three separate payments of $500,000, $110,000 and $160,000 between fall 2016 and October 2018 on behalf of the Stanford sailing program to falsely represent that three clients of Singer's were elite sailors — and thus deserving of special admission to the private school, according to court documents.
"It cannot be overstated: all parties agree that Mr. Vandemoer did not personally profit from the scheme," defense lawyer Robert Fisher wrote in his sentencing memo to the court."Mr. Singer sent Mr. Vandemoer money, and he consistently turned that money over to Stanford."
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