Posted on 04/09/2019 11:02:32 AM PDT by RummyChick
10:35 AM PT -- Well, prosecutors did exactly what we reported early Tuesday morning. Since Lori did not cop a plea, the U.S. Attorney went to a Federal Grand Jury to get an indictment, adding charges of money laundering. This now increases the amount of time Lori and her husband would get as a minimum recommended sentence.
Specifically, the U.S. Attorney says, Lori, her husband and 14 others will now be charged with the additional crime of "conspiring to launder the bribes and other payment in furtherance of the fraud by funneling them through [Rick] Singer's purported charity and his for-profit corporation."
The money laundering charge alone carries a maximum 20 years in prison.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Maybe the Hallmark Channel will renew their contract with Lori and feature some grueling prison movies.
I think the Charity thing is already a given. I hear the IRS is looking too.
What small part?
She is playing the odds. A lot can happen on the way to the gallows. She could get pardoned, the evidence could get lost or tainted. Prosecutor moves on, the judge assigned doesn’t believe it is a real crime. Maybe it looked like 2 years for sure, 4 years when she pleads at the day of trial on the higher charge. Crap shoot. Never a sure thing when liberals are in the frame.
Meanwhile, Hildebeeste walks the Earth free as a bird.
“So in which prison will they be opening the “Hollywood Wing”?
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Ohmygod! You mean orange is the only color for a jumpsuit?
As someone who went to a big name school honestly, and then worked hard to get a degree that had great value both based on my own work and the good reputation of the school I am very resentful of people who abuse the system.
Their kids are spending vacations in Europe while dozens of serious students who see an education as a way to improve their life are working their hearts out to get even modestly ahead.
The dim bulb kids of these celebrities devalue the credentials of those who worked to get them.
Those are good points. And the left wants us to believe that “white privilege” is real. It’s a shame that Lori could have avoided this if she had just listened to her daughter.
She may get a new part on some Dark Web Porn series.
Too bad they are White hetero, they could get a Smollet.
......according to a copy of her proposed plea agreement posted on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of prison time “at the low end” of the federal sentencing guidelines range (months instead of a maximum of 20 years), a fine of $20,000, a year of supervised release, and restitution in an amount to be determined by the sentencing judge.
The agreement stipulates that Huffman will argue for less prison time under the sentencing guidelines. But the judge will have the final say on sentence and Huffman may not withdraw her guilty plea if she disagrees with how the judge calculates the guidelines or the sentence imposed.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, the mail fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, plus three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or more.
The charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $500,000 or more. The charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
A total of 50 people, including Huffman, were arrested last month and charged with conspiring with William “Rick” Singer, 58, of Newport Beach, California, and others, to bribe college officials and coaches and pay test monitors to falsely inflate their children’s college entrance exam scores to secure their admission, some as purported athletes.
Several parents and other alleged participants in the wide-ranging scheme pleaded guilty and are cooperating with authorities.
Huffman, Loughlin and Giannulli made their first appearances in federal court in Boston last week charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
......according to a copy of her proposed plea agreement posted on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of prison time “at the low end” of the federal sentencing guidelines range (months instead of a maximum of 20 years), a fine of $20,000, a year of supervised release, and restitution in an amount to be determined by the sentencing judge.
The agreement stipulates that Huffman will argue for less prison time under the sentencing guidelines. But the judge will have the final say on sentence and Huffman may not withdraw her guilty plea if she disagrees with how the judge calculates the guidelines or the sentence imposed.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, the mail fraud charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, plus three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or more.
The charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $500,000 or more. The charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
A total of 50 people, including Huffman, were arrested last month and charged with conspiring with William “Rick” Singer, 58, of Newport Beach, California, and others, to bribe college officials and coaches and pay test monitors to falsely inflate their children’s college entrance exam scores to secure their admission, some as purported athletes.
Several parents and other alleged participants in the wide-ranging scheme pleaded guilty and are cooperating with authorities.
Huffman, Loughlin and Giannulli made their first appearances in federal court in Boston last week charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
Seems like I read somewhere that Macy didn't put his name on any documents, or write any emails. So, while he probably knew about the whole thing, and approved it, there was no paper trail for him, and they would have trouble proving it, unless he confessed, or his wife rolled on him.
Or, the prosecutors might be fans of Boogie Nights and just felt sorry for him.
Her case was the least egregious is all. They never send everyone to jail in these things.
The news just keeps getting worse and worse for these “cool” folks, doesn’t it?
Reality, like karma, is such a sadistic beyatch.
We are dealing here with the “rich, famous, and powerful”.
It’s a valid point but sadly just the way of the world.
For example, did Dr. Dre’s kid really earn her spot in the hard to get into USC film school. Not likely.
Does O.J. loughlin or whatever her name is deserve to have her whole world blown up including her businesses because of her mother? If she knew, then yes.
She didnt care about getting a degree. She was using it to parlay her business trying to be the Next Kardashian
But hey, a billion bucks is a heck of an enticement to build a brand.
I’d put in a RICO charge, too.
Some of the bribers now have tax problems b/c they listed the bribe as a “charitable donation to the fake foundation”
They even got written letters in return that said, “Thank you for your generous donation.”
To make the bribes appear legitimate they received receipts falsely indicating that “no goods or services were exchanged” for their supposed donations to the foundation, according to authorities.
Loughlin and her husband allegedly hid their payments in two $200,000 wire transfers to the “charity” to get their daughters into USC.
Another couple allegedly made a contribution of $400,000 to secure admission for their daughter to Georgetown. One family is accused of “donating” $900,000.
Huffman paid $15,000 to the fake “foundation” on behalf of her eldest daughter, according to the FBI.
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