Man who took exams as part of college admissions scam sentenced to four months in prison

A former Florida prep school administrator who took students' college entrance exams for bribes was sentenced to four months in prison Friday, the same day a decorated former water polo coach at the University of Southern California was found guilty of fraud and bribery.

The sentence for Mark Riddell was what U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins' office had recommended to the judge in court filings ahead of Friday's hearing.

Riddell's lawyers, in their own filing, had argued for one to two months in prison, saying he was neither the ringleader of the scheme nor a university insider, like the coaches and college administrators implicated.