(CNN) A father who paid $75,000 to inflate his daughters ACT scores in a massive college admissions scandal was sentenced to one month in prison Friday, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.

Robert Flaxman, a real estate developer and the 10th parent sentenced in the scheme , faced charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. He pleaded guilty in May.

Prosecutors had asked for Flaxman to serve eight months in prison, followed by 12 months of supervised release and a $40,000 fine, saying in a sentencing memo that his "conduct warrants a meaningful term of incarceration."

Flaxman, they said, had sought out the scheme's alleged mastermind, William "Rick" Singer, after his daughter performed poorly on the ACT.

Flaxman's attorneys said their client "makes no excuses for his conduct."

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