Left - Lori Loughlin attends The Norma Jean Gala 2014 at The Paley Center for Media;
Right - Felicity Huffman arrives at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.
Posted on 03/12/2019 7:57:28 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
Actresses and chief executives are among 50 people arrested in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam, authorities announced Tuesday.
According to charging documents, actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among those involved facing charges.
The suspects allegedly paid bribes of up to $6 million to get their kids into elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC.
In most cases, the students did not know their admission was contingent on a bribe.
University athletic coaches and administrators of college entrance exams were also among those arrested.
The alleged scam centered around a man in California who ran a business helping students get into the college of their choice.
Authorities say parents would pay him a predetermined amount, with full knowledge of what they were doing. He would then steer the money to one of two places: either an SAT or ACT administrator, or a college athletic coach.
The coaches would allegedly arrange a fake profile that listed the prospective student as an athlete, and exam administrators would either hire proctors to take the test or correct the answers of a student.
The bribes ranged from a few thousand dollars to up to 6 million, according to officials. The charging documents, unsealed in Boston federal court, are more than 200 pages long.
They allege that Huffman and her husband "made a purported charitable contribution of $15,000...to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter. Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so."
Federal agents say they have recorded telephone calls with Huffman and a cooperating witness.
The documents say the Loughlin and her husband "agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team -- despite the fact that they did not participate in crew -- thereby facilitating their admission to USC."
Official say they have emails from Loughlin.
Believe she is in the Garage Sale Mysteries movies (which were shot on location in British Columbia). How even more ironic, lol.
“The coaches would allegedly arrange a fake profile that listed the prospective student as an athlete, and exam administrators would either hire proctors to take the test or correct the answers of a student.”
So are all college athletes having someone else takes their tests and correct to perfect the ones they do take?
I will not plan to attend another college game in my life, then.
How can a college or university give out fake diplomas to so many people?
is Boston University mentioned?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ra-IkDNkjw
Not yet
Seriously, I’ve never heard of any of these two bimbos. Let me guess, they’re Hollywood-ite LIBS?
Fun for sure. My bet is that this is the tip of the iceberg. Next up, bar exams. Just consider the politicians and celebs who are lawyers but can’t construct a decent sentence, let alone an essay. I always wonder ‘how did she pass the bar?’
Lori certainly has a “full house” up there...
When Calls The Heart! They’re have to kill her off, just like they killed Jack. I’m still pretty upset about that.
All politics is local and all political scams start out local.
These are the people that perpetuate commie curriculae at the college level.
Every scam needs to be sub supported (the coach, f'rinstance) who then has to continue to manufacture either grades, sports progress or both at least for a time until the initial heat wears off.
Is common sense coming back to the USA ?
I thank President Trump for his example and influence if so.
Felicity Huffman arrested charge mail fraud,
Huffman played different characters in three seasons of American Crime. She was especially strong in Season 1 as the semi-racist mother of a murder victim.
Yes and I believe he hates President Trump =)
This is going to be fun
Lori Loughlin goes from “Full House” to the “Big House”
Soon seen on Netflix.
Hallmark chick flicks?
You are not alone. I have never heard of Huffman but I have heard of Loughlin mentioned in the article. Wasn’t she on Full House?
This kind of stuff has been going on for years.
What is a Miss goody two shoes?
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