[LouAvul]

They're guilty of a crime when they gave money to Singer via a "charitable" enterprise, then deducted it from their taxes as a charitable donation. The "charitable" enterprise was owned by Singer and was his personal piggybank.

Bribing college officials has always been legal, as long as one did it in the form of a "donation." But Singer and company went beyond that.

[Alberta's Child]

What you describe there is a valid tax fraud case. Many of the parents involved in this admissions “scandal” were charged with tax fraud for the reasons you describe. I don’t think the parents named in this article were among them.

It’s worth noting that some of these parents may have been smart enough to make the “charitable donation” while NOT listing it as a charitable contribution on their tax returns. There is no exposure to a tax fraud charge in that case.