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.
I guess since these schools take federal money...that makes this a crime. I wonder if they were 100% private would it be illegal?
going to doctors to get claim child needed extra time to take the tests.
But how did the children graduate after 4 years.
She won’t last long if she has to go to prison.
Elite schools have always had a kind of affirmative action for those related to big donors or the politically connected. What went on here looks like plain old fraud and stupidity.
Catalog of wealth & privilege who do things to help their kids success.
She was on the hit show, “Full House,” which was a big deal years ago, IIRC.
They PAID to get into USC? I’d pay to be rejected!
Laughlin may not be guilty. Depends on how she’s faired over the years.
Huffman is guilty - no question. She’s married to the drunk in Shameless. He’s not a bad actor, but the two of them have been liberal shriekers over the years.
Laughlin, not so much. She was a 10+ in her day.
Imagine being a teen, admitted to a top university, only to discover that your mom bribed people to get you in there. And now what she did is all over the news.
Coaches:
Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer, Yale women’s soccer coach Rudy Meredith, Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst, several USC coaches, UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo, Texas men’s tennis coach Michael Center.
Here’s the actual list of those charged:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme
She was great in that crime series.
He went to Yale, lead the Ivy League in scoring (basketball). Got a degree. Remains very not very bright.
Colleges are a cesspool in so many ways.
Now it is. Fake scores submitted to them.
Too bad Hillary didn’t get Chelsea into college this way, at least then she might be charged with something.
Why am I thinking...Chelsea?
I dunno but I might tune in for a Lori in Prison show or two.
So if these kids didnt even play the sport, how was their presence explained after they started school?
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