Ex-biotech chief pleads guilty in col­lege ad­mis­sions scan­dal, faces a 10-month prison stretch in plea deal

The ex-CEO of Har­mo­ny Bio­sciences — as well as for­mer board mem­ber for Bio­haven — has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of mail fraud af­ter get­ting caught up in the col­lege ad­mis­sions scan­dal.

Charged with pay­ing George­town Uni­ver­si­ty’s for­mer ten­nis coach more than $50,000 to get his daugh­ter ad­mit­ted to the uni­ver­si­ty as a new re­cruit for the team, Bob Re­pel­la took the plea deal, which comes with a rec­om­mend­ed sen­tence of 10 months in prison, with a year of su­per­vised re­lease and a $40,000 fine.

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