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Felicity Huffman & Lori Loughlin Snared By FBI In Ivy League Bribe Plan
Deadline ^ | March 12, 2019 | Dominic Patten

Posted on 03/12/2019 9:16:18 AM PDT by EdnaMode

(UPDATED with information from law enforcement press conference) Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin knowingly broke the law trying to get their kids into top tier colleges, according to the FBI and the U.S Attorney’s office for the district of Massachusetts.

The Desperate Housewives and Fuller House actors were named among a group of 33 parents who paid millions in bribes to coaches at Ivy League schools like Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, Yale and USC so their children could gain admission as recruited athletes – even if they weren’t actually athletes.

The just unsealed March 6 indictment notes that the schools themselves were not part of the scam by the William Singer-run Key Worldwide Foundation. The illegal activity by the non-profit also included hiring other individuals to write admission exams for the potential students. Singer and a number of school coaches are scheduled to plead guilty today in the elite bust.

(Excerpt) Read more at deadline.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: auntbecky; bribery; bribes; corruption; crooks; desperatehousewives; fbi; felicityhuffman; fullerhouse; fullhouse; georgetown; huffman; ivyleague; laughlin; loriloughlin; loughlin; massachusetts; netflix; stanford; ucla; usc; williamsinger; yale
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To: EdnaMode

Lori always had crazy eyes, imo. Her acting smile never reaches her eyes. Don’t know why she is so popular.


21 posted on 03/12/2019 9:51:27 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks EdnaMode. Let me guess -- it'll be the "everyone knew about it, and everyone has been doing it" defense.

22 posted on 03/12/2019 9:52:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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To: ETCS
If coaches were taking bribes, it sounds like the schools WERE involved.

The "coaches" referred to here are "college coaches," meaning people parents hire to "coach" their kids on college admissions. Help them study for SATs, help them with their applications, help them write their essays and personal statements, etc.

Except in this case, the "coaches" were hiring proctors to fill in the SAT and other standardized tests for the children they were hired to help.

23 posted on 03/12/2019 9:58:30 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z46UQ7u8PWQ


24 posted on 03/12/2019 10:00:55 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod (I have five dollars for each of you)
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To: SMGFan

Go after the Clinton Foundation and get back to us.


25 posted on 03/12/2019 10:00:57 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Steely Tom

The “coaches” referred to here are “college coaches,” meaning people parents hire to “coach” their kids on college admissions. Help them study for SATs, help them with their applications, help them write their essays and personal statements, etc.

Except in this case, the “coaches” were hiring proctors to fill in the SAT and other standardized tests for the children they were hired to help.


It also involved actual college coaches like the Yale Soccer coach and USC Crew coach.


26 posted on 03/12/2019 10:01:58 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: WKUHilltopper

IRS audits coming soon; divorce filings to follow.


27 posted on 03/12/2019 10:08:44 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: EdnaMode

Obviously whiteys, or else they would have been admitted on the basis of skin color.


28 posted on 03/12/2019 10:09:38 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Steely Tom
In the linked article:
...paid millions in bribes to coaches at Ivy League schools like Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, Yale and USC so their children could gain admission as recruited athletes – even if they weren’t actually athletes."
In the indictment, I see seven Athletic Coaches at four schools indicted.
29 posted on 03/12/2019 10:15:47 AM PDT by ETCM
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To: ETCS

Wow, that’s heavyweight. Puts the value of the schools’ degrees in question for its alumni. Very serious.

I wonder how they’ll make this go away.


30 posted on 03/12/2019 10:18:42 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: EdnaMode

Who were the other 31 parents? Why not provide the entire list? Any politicians in the Despicable 33?


31 posted on 03/12/2019 10:19:08 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Well, the SAT is very vulnerable to coaching, if the coaching program is good.

I got 1526/1600 on the original SAT with no prep and no coaching - but that’s just me. I have seven kids, and have given advice to lots of families (I was on a medical school admissions committee for a number of years - people would come to the door pushing strollers for advice LOL).

The SAT is the most important variable for any white kid who is not a Division I athlete. SAT “bands” totally define and kids “safety”, “apply” and “reach” colleges. A band is like, 1100-1150 = these schools, 1151-1199 = a different group of schools.

There is no question that a good coaching/practice program = +200 on the combined SAT. 400? I doubt it, but I suppose it’s possible.

Whether any of this means anything is very questionable. Other than who your daughter marries, and leaving out Harvard-Yale-Princeton-Stanford and the tech schools, where your kid goes is probably of no importance. It CERTAINLY does not deserve the importance that most families place on it - and the hysteria appears to be building, year after year.


32 posted on 03/12/2019 10:19:22 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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To: ETCS

Of course, it’s also well known that a nice contribution to the Harvard Capital Fund will get your kid in no matter what his grades are.

I recall (a long time ago) being told that the typical Arab Oil Sheikh could get a son of his choice in for a contribution of $15 mil. That was like 35 years ago. Price probably quite a bit higher now.


33 posted on 03/12/2019 10:21:25 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: RinaseaofDs

I could say the same for the one here in SC.


34 posted on 03/12/2019 10:35:00 AM PDT by wally_bert (You're bringing The Monk down, man!)
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To: All

Why would they have to do this? No university will turn away a cash paying applicant.


35 posted on 03/12/2019 10:54:22 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: EdnaMode

Never heard of either of these females...


36 posted on 03/12/2019 11:34:03 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: WKUHilltopper

I guess bribing college officials, coaches and college entrance exam administrators don’t count


‘Twas ever thus.

During the Teapot Dome trials, one guy was convicted of receiving a bribe that another guy was acquitted of having made.

In the instance at hand, criminalizing efforts to get one’s kid into a good school where Asians and Caucasians are trivially denied entrance is churlish.


37 posted on 03/12/2019 11:54:51 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: newnhdad

Oh, yes they will. Most colleges are now need-blind. My daughter and son-in-law have their kids’ tuition all saved and ready to go. I asked my son-in-law if the fact they won’t need any aid will help them gain admission and he said no. He’s pretty well acquainted with college admissions as he works for a private school.


38 posted on 03/12/2019 12:34:22 PM PDT by surrey
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
A plan worthy of Jerry Lundegaard.
39 posted on 03/12/2019 2:26:41 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: freedom1st

$500k for a state school! Fools.


40 posted on 03/12/2019 7:52:42 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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