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A Vancouver woman detained in Spain on charges of securing her son’s admission to UCLA though bribery has stuck a plea deal, according to the L.A. Times.

The report states that prosecutors and lawyers for Xiaoning Sui have proposed that she will spend no time in jail once she is extradited to the United States. This is based on court records and her attorney.

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Under the plea deal filed in Federal Court, 48-year-old Sui will plead guilty to a one count of federal program bribery. Sui was arrested by Spanish authorities in September, 2019, and remains in detention. A judge still has to accept the joint proposal for no additional jail time for Sui.

Sui is one of several people arrested in the U.S. college bribery scandal, including Vancouver businessman David Sidoo.