Hot Pockets Heiress Gets Five Months in Admissions Scandal

  • Michelle Janavs is sentenced by a judge in Boston after plea
  • She had agreed to pay $300,000 to bolster daughters’ chances
Michelle Janavs, center, exits federal court in Boston in 2019.Photographer: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg
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Even now, almost a year into the college admissions scandal, it’s difficult to fathom why rich and famous people brazenly cheat their kids’ way into a Georgetown or USC.

But the case of Michelle Janavs, a.k.a. the Hot Pockets Heiress, just might top them all.