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NYC truck terror attacker to serve 8 consecutive life sentences

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Sayfullo Saipov was sentenced Wednesday for his 2017 ISIS-inspired terror attack in New York City. Sayfullo Saipov, the ISIS-inspired attacker who was convicted of killing eight people earlier this year, was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences on Wednesday. Saipov was convicted in January of all 28 counts he faced in connection with carrying out the deadly attack along a Manhattan bike path with a rented Home Depot truck . The Uzbekistan native was spared the death penalty after jurors deadlocked on sentencing for the nine charges he faced that were eligible for capital punishment and instead agreed to a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release. Judge Vernon Broderick noted the "sheer unrepentant nature" of Saipov before he imposed eight consecutive life sentences, plus 260 years and two concurrent life sentences. "The conduct in this case is among the worst, if not the worst, I've ever seen," Broderick said. "The eight pe...

Fake teen doctor, now 25, sentenced to prison for new scam

A serial grifter who gained national infamy as a teenager when he impersonated a doctor to defraud a patient is heading back to prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from his employer WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A serial grifter who gained national infamy as a teenager when he impersonated a doctor to defraud a patient is heading back to prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from his employer. Malachi Love-Robinson, 25, received a sentence of over two years and four months last week after pleading guilty in Palm Beach County, Florida, to grand theft and organized scheme to defraud. Court documents show that in 2020, Robinson was working as a salesperson for a company that connects shippers with trucking companies. Instead of having customers make payments to the company, Love-Robinson would have them send the money to accounts he controlled. Love-Robinson first came to national attention in 2016 as an 18-year-old when he was arrested after open...

'Varsity Blues' mastermind Rick Singer pleads for leniency with sentence

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Singer pleaded guilty in 2018 and has since helped federal prosecutors in Boston with their sweeping investigation. The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions cheating Scandal – known by its investigative moniker “Varsity Blues” – deserves no more than six months in prison, Rick Singer’s attorneys said Wednesday in a new court filing. Singer pleaded guilty in 2018 and has since helped federal prosecutors in Boston with their sweeping investigation into bribes paid to athletic coaches, SAT and ACT proctors, and others so students of wealthy parents could cheat their way into some of the country’s best known schools. Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were among the more than three dozen parents charged. MORE: 1st defendant in 'Varsity Blues' scandal speaks out in new documentary William "Rick" Singer founder of the Edge College & Career Network, departs federal court in Boston, after he pleaded guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissi...