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They also said he had lied repeatedly to investigators in an attempt to cover his back, and to this day continues to insist that the FBI \u201cframed\u201d him and that the charges were a \u201csetup.\u201d Abdelaziz was one of just two parents to plead not guilty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
As part of his sentence, he must also serve two years of supervised release, complete 400 hours of community service, and pay a $250,000 fine.<\/p>\n
Other parents involved in the case have received sentences ranging from home confinement to nine months in prison. Full House<\/em> actor Lori Loughlin served two months and was released in 2020. Desperate Housewives<\/em> star Felicity Huffman served 11 days.<\/strong><\/p>\nGlittering Resum\u00e9<\/strong><\/h2>\nEgyptian-born Abdelaziz was a senior executive at Caesars Palace in the 1990s. Next, he joined Wynn Resorts to help launch the Bellagio in 1998.<\/p>\n
In 2001, he became president and COO of the MGM Grand, and later president and COO of MGM Resorts International. He rejoined Wynn Resorts in 2013 as CEO of Wynn Resorts Development and then became head of the Wynn Macau.<\/p>\n
He left the casino business in 2016 to join the Legacy Hospitality Group as chairman and CEO.<\/p>\n
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Singer ran a business called The Key that mingled legitimate services with a fraudulent admissions racket. He has admitted bribing coaches and administrators at elite universities to nominate the unqualified children of wealthy parents as athletes. He has been cooperating with the FBI since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Abdelaziz\u2019s lawyers argued that their client was one of Singer\u2019s victims who was unaware his $300,000 \u201cdonation\u201d would be used for bribery. The jury rejected that argument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Wynn and MGM executive Gamal Abdelaziz has been sentenced to one year and one month\u2019s imprisonment for his role in the 2019 college admissions scandal. He was convicted of fraud and bribery conspiracy by a jury in Boston in October. Abdelaziz\u2019s is the longest sentence among more than 50 people, including 33 parents, charged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":201091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Gamal Abdelaziz: Ex-Casino Exec Gets 13 Months in Varsity Blues Case<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n