Giannulli is now being released under supervision by a Bureau of Prisons field office in San Pedro, California, according to the book’s records. He has been incarcerated in a federal prison in Lompoc, California, since Nov. 19.
Bureau of Prisons spokesman Emery Nelson confirmed to CNN that Giannulli was released from Lompoc Jail on Friday, but declined to say whether he was in a halfway house or home.
According to Nelson, Giannulli will be released on April 17.
Giannulli’s lawyers did not respond to CNN’s requests for information on Saturday afternoon.
Giannulli and Loughlin became among the parents who were involved at the highest level in the admissions scandal for the college. They admitted that they paid the mastermind of the scheme, William “Rick” Singer, $ 500,000 to get their daughters to apply for admission to the University of Southern California.
Giannulli asked a judge earlier this year to allow him home on compassion because the coronavirus pandemic forced him to spend 56 days under quarantine in solitary confinement. Judge Nathaniel Gorton dismissed the request on January 26.
Loughlin was released in December after serving a two-month sentence for her role in the university’s admissions scam. Loughlin must also serve two years under supervision, perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $ 150,000 fine.
Giannulli was sentenced to five months in prison, ordered to serve two years under supervision, perform 250 hours of community service and pay a fine of $ 250,000.