Lori Loughlin is released from prison after spending time in the college admissions scandal

Actress Lori Loughlin She was released Monday after spending two months in federal prison for paying half a million dollars in bribes to enroll her two daughters in college.

Loughlin, known for the sitcom “Full House,” was released from federal prison in Dublin, California, where she had served her sentence for her role in a college bribery scheme, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said.

Her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Gianulli, is serving a five-month prison sentence in Lompoc, near Santa Barbara, California. Giannulli will be released from prison on April 17, the Bureau announced. Prosecutors said Giannulli deserved a harsher sentence because he was “the most active participant in the scheme.”

Loughlin and Giannulli were among the most prominent defendants in this case, which revealed what some wealthy parents are willing to do to take their children to top colleagues. Authorities say the parents channeled the bribe through a fake charity run by a consultant to accept their children into elite schools with fake sports credentials and modified grades.

Of the nearly 60 parents, coaches and other defendants in the case, about a dozen continue to dispute the allegations. Punishments for parents who have reached agreements with the prosecution so far range from a few weeks to nine months. Actress Felicity Huffman served nearly two weeks in prison last year for paying an admissions consultant $ 15,000 for a prosecutor to correct her daughter’s answers to a test.