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William Rick Singer, the mastermind behind a nationwide college admissions fraud scheme, will be sentenced in federal court in Boston on Wednesday. His sentencing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Singer, 62, pleaded guilty in March 2019 to charges including racketeering conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in connection with the scandal, dubbed Operation Varsity Blues. She cooperated with the government investigation and used a wire for the FBI. The operation involved bribery, cheating on entrance exams and fraudulently getting unqualified applicants into schools as elite recruited athletes. Prosecutors had asked Singer to serve six years, while defense attorneys requested three years…