[generally]

There is something else going on here with the cheating scandal.

Who would pay MILLIONS to get their kid into a college? Tens of thousands .... I could understand. MAYBE even $100,000. But $6.5 MILLION???? That strains credibility.

My new theory: There is some sort of money laundering going on here. Or bribery other than admissions. I’m thinking this story was allowed to break because they are going to try to cover up some far more serious financial shenanigans with it. They are going to pretend whatever is really going on here was just some guy trying to get his kid into college.

Not buying it.

[Cats Pajamas]

Brilliant analysis Gen.

I agree.

It’s an incredible amount of money.

Buying access on campus for what?

[Cats Pajamas]

Up and coming students with patent ideas writing their dissertations and masters on campus computers.

Hacking dorm and library computers?

Intellectual property theft?

[Cats Pajamas]

just a small sample of googled stories

https://www.foxnews.com/us/china-infiltrating-us-colleges-to-recruit-spies-indoctrinate-students-intelligence-agencies-say

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/us-intelligence-chinese-student-espionage/index.html

https://thehill.com/policy/international/china/428181-us-intelligence-accuses-china-of-using-student-spies-to-steal

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/feds-warn-china-sending-thousands-of-spies-to-us-colleges

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-students-exclusive/exclusive-fearing-espionage-us-weighs-tighter-rules-on-chinese-students-idUSKCN1NY1HE

https://www.newsweek.com/china-spies-universities-fbi-watching-806796

https://www.wired.com/story/china-spy-recruitment-us/

[little jeremiah]

Very interesting and actually obvious, it should have occurred to me. I just skimmed the headlines, and went “oh, those crazy commiepuke rich people!”.

Where actually did all those millions GO?

[Conservative Gato]

There is something else going on here with the cheating scandal.

Who would pay MILLIONS to get their kid into a college? Tens of thousands .... I could understand. MAYBE even $100,000. But $6.5 MILLION???? That strains credibility.

My new theory: There is some sort of money laundering going on here. Or bribery other than admissions. I’m thinking this story was allowed to break because they are going to try to cover up some far more serious financial shenanigans with it. They are going to pretend whatever is really going on here was just some guy trying to get his kid into college.

Not buying it.

I did not realize it was that much money. Just like the rapper who was caught funneling millions and millions of foreign money in to the DNC, I wouldn't be surprised if something like that was going on here.

It makes sense for the good guys to now go after the corrupt money coming in to the DNC and try to cut much of it off for the 2020 elections. If that is the case, the derps are getting hit on many fronts.

CGato

[TEXOKIE]

GEN posted:

There is something else going on here with the cheating scandal.

Who would pay MILLIONS to get their kid into a college? Tens of thousands .... I could understand. MAYBE even $100,000. But $6.5 MILLION???? That strains credibility.

My new theory: There is some sort of money laundering going on here. Or bribery other than admissions. I’m thinking this story was allowed to break because they are going to try to cover up some far more serious financial shenanigans with it. They are going to pretend whatever is really going on here was just some guy trying to get his kid into college.

Not buying it.

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Now that is a highly intriguing idea, and that rings true for me. Great thinking!