UPDATE: Another parent has been charged in the sweeping college admissions bribery scandal.

  

Federal prosecutors say 48-year-old Xiaoning Sui, of Surrey, British Columbia, was arrested in Spain Monday on a charge of fraud and conspiracy.

  

Sui is accused of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit in 2018.

  

Prosecutors say Sui paid an admissions consultant to fabricate documents portraying her son as a top player on two soccer clubs in Canada. Authorities say her son was admitted to UCLA and was awarded a 25% scholarship.

  

It is unclear whether her son still attends the school, why she was not part of the original 51 people charged in the scheme and if Siu has an attorney.

  

Prosecutors say she is being detained in Spain while they seek her extradition to Boston.

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Original Story: Actress Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in the sweeping college admissions scandal.

The "Desperate Housewives" star was sentenced in Boston's federal court Friday after pleading guilty in May to a single count of conspiracy and fraud.

She was also given a $30,000 fine, 250 hours of community service and a year of supervised release.

She has admitted to paying an admissions consultant $15,000 to have a proctor correct her daughter's SAT exam answers in 2017.

Prosecutors had recommended a month in prison and a $20,000 fine. Huffman's lawyers said she should get a year of probation, 250 hours of community service and a $20,000 fine.

Huffman said before sentencing that "I am deeply ashamed of what I have done. I have inflicted more damage than I could ever imagine."

She's the first parent to be sentenced among 34 charged in the scheme.

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