Dad Gets 5 Months in College Scam, Stiffest Yet for a Parent (1)

A California winemaker drew the stiffest sentence yet of the parents punished in the U.S. college-admissions scandal, a five-month prison term for paying $300,000 to fix his daughter’s SAT scores and get her into the University of Southern California as a water polo recruit.

Prosecutors had recommended 15 months behind bars for Agustin Huneeus, 53, the former chief executive officer of Huneeus Vintners LLC. Huneeus had asked for two months.

Huneeus was punished for his part in the biggest college-admissions scam the U.S. has ever prosecuted. Parents paid thousands of dollars to rig their children’s entrance-exam scores and hundreds of ...