Hot Pockets Heiress Sentenced for College Admissions Bribery

Hot Pockets Heiress Sentenced for College Admissions Bribery

Newser - Crime·2020-02-26 07:02

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(Newser) – An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for trying to cheat and bribe her daughters' way into school as part of a nationwide college admissions scam, the AP reports. Michelle Janavs, whose father and uncle invented the microwaveable Hot Pockets turnovers before selling their company to Nestle for more than $2 billion in 2002, showed no emotion as the judge delivered his sentence after she apologized for abandoning her moral compass and hurting her family and friends. “I am so very sorry that I tried to create an unfair advantage for my children,” she said. The judge told Janavs that prison time was needed to deter others who might have the gall to use their wealth to break the law and dismissed her argument that her actions were motivated by a love for her children.

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